About the Band
The Irish Pipers Band of San Francisco was formed in 1932 and is the oldest continuously active Irish Pipe Band west of the Mississippi River. Original members of the band were Irish immigrants that desired to maintain the piping traditions of their native land. The band was a charter member of the Pacific Coast Pipe Band Association.
The Irish Pipers played at the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge, at the groundbreaking ceremony for the United Irish Cultural Center, and at the charter meeting for the founding of the United Nations. They have also performed on national television with Gene Kelly, and in more recent years, on stage with The Chieftains. The San Francisco St. Patrick's Day Parade and the preceding Irish flag-raising ceremony at City Hall have been attended by the Irish Pipers every year since the band was founded. The band has also been the guest band at the Peace Officer's Memorial service in Sacramento. The Irish Pipers Band has competed in pipe band competitions in Long Beach, Pleasanton, Campbell, Woodland, Monterey, Portland, and Las Vegas.
The band wears the County Wexford tartan and practices on Monday evenings at the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco. The competing bands are members of the Western United States Pipe Band Association.
The Irish Pipers Band has won the Western United States Pipe Band Association's Grade III Championship for three consecutive years: 2012, 2013, & 2014. The Grade III band was promoted to Grade II for 2015. For the 2016 competitive season, the Irish Pipers Band will field competitive units in Grades II, IV, and V.
Current Membership
PIPERS
Maggie Baglin
Maura Baglin
Stephen Bailey
Mike Bowler
Rob Boyd
Randy Erickson
Craig Farley
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Lisa Graves
Vince Guinnane
Steve Harrington
P/S Suzan Karayel
Emily Kayser
P/M Michael LeBoeuf
Alex Lentz
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Rob Lund
Dean McFarren
Joe O'Leary
Claire Raftery
Amara Reddick
Ian Sharp
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Alex Titus
David Vasheresse
Pat Ward
Wes Weber
Hal Wilkes
Wendy Young
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DRUMMERS
D/M Anne Campbell
Meghan Campbell
Sean Connolly
Jacques Fiehrer
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Elyse Gordon
Tim Jordan
Stuart McLean
Milanda Moore
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Ben O'Leary
Brendan O'Leary
Joss Polzien
D/S Andrew Ryan
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D/C Connie Taylor
Dana Trillo
John Tucker
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Alumni 1932 - 2016
2010-2016
Josh Agee
Jesse Aston
Kathleen Aston
Bob Baker
Elon Bauer
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Art Capperauld
John Carlin
Jack Conway
Titouan Créac'h
Daniel Dadap
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Marie Dadap
Harry Deen
Phil De Roulet
Spencer Grinnell
Peyton Kayser
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John Mahoney
Nancy Murray
Sean Murphy
Kerry Nehil
Alex O'Neill
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Fred Payne
Matt Peterson
Anthony Raffanti
Kyler Schroder
Collin Seaman
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Christina Shute
Katie Smith
Gary Smith
David Winter
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2000-2009
Thomas Alexander
Rachel Aston
Gordon Baeyen
Tony Bencivenga
Zack Blizzard
Earl Braten
Tom Byrne
Brian Callan
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Larry Chan
Kevin Collins
Aaron Cotler
Georgia Crispelle
Willie Durkin
John Flynn
Scott Foy
Ed Garvey
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Scott Greenfield
Dennis Grimes
Frank Hagen
John Hallisy
Paul Hamilton
Amber Hamack
Tam Hartl
Tom Harvey
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David James
P/M Hugh Kelly
Katie LeBoeuf
Adrian McCullough
D/M Ron McGlashan
Lyndsay McLaurin
Rich McNamara
Lynne Miller
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Jason Mispagel
Brian Molver
Stuart Molver
Edwin Morales
Ryan Morrison
Jeff Muehl
Richard Murphy
Shawn Newton
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Dave O'Connor
Daren Olson
Reg Ricci
Mike Seibert
Kathleen Smith
Tom Smith
Katherine Stone
Pat Wasley
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1951-1999
Bill Ahern
Tom Boyle
Phil Brady
Dudley Burns
Maureen Byrne
Patty Cotter
Con Crowley
Mike Doyle
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Bill Driscoll
Pat Galvin
John (Jack) Flynn
Dan Healy
Jack Hickey
Jim Hickey
Eddie Hughes
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Jack Jordan
Frank Leonard
Scott Ludeke
Charlie McSwan
John Murphy
Martin Murphy
Neil Murphy
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Stephen Murphy
Joe Nigro
Harry O'Brien
Neal O'Leary
Denis O'Leary
David O'Leary
Dave Powell
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Dennis Powell
John Quinn
Tom Reilly
Dan Ring
Henry Styles
Joe Sheridan
Bill Short
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James Sullivan
Joe Tamany
Lee Valencia
Steve Vernon
Burt Wahl
Bill Wasley
Cliff Wilson
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1932-1950
Mike Brady
Jack Cotter
Frank Crotty
Denis Dineen
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Walter Garry
Danny Healy
Frank Jordan
Jim Kelleher
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John Kelleher
Ed McGovern
Jimmy O'Neill
Pat O'Neill
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Sean O'Neill
Pat O'Shea
Tim Regan
Terry Reilly
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Denny Scannell
Mike Sexton
Dan Sullivan
Tim Twomey
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Bert Wall
Patrick Ward
Gus Wegals
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