Dooagh Pipe Band and Manchester’s’ Fianna Phadraig Pipe Band bands join forces to celebrate 150 years of Piping

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29th May 2022 on Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland

2022 is the 75th anniversary of Dooagh Pipe Band. As part of that event, Dooagh Pipe Band and Manchester’s’ award winning Fianna Phadraig Pipe Band are joining forces to celebrate this years Home to Mayo Festival in May.
The two bands who are both celebrating their 75th anniversaries are to stage a special joint celebration during the afternoon event on Sunday 29 May as part of the week long Mayo.ie Home to Mayo Tradfest which runs from Thursday 26 to Tuesday 31 May. The Tradfest will be touring Mayo and staging events in Attymass, Ballina, Castlebar, Cong, Ashford Castle, Achill Island and Westport.

More information can be found at the links below.

Mayo and Manchester bands celebrate 150 years of Irish piping | Connaught Telegraph (con-telegraph.ie)

Mayo and Manchester bands join forces to celebrate 150 years of Piping | mayo manchester tourism and business group

MayoManchester (@MayoManchester) / Twitter