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 in Grades 3, 4, and 5, and are members of the Western United States Pipe Band Association.
The Irish Pipers Band is the current (2010 & 2011) Western US Pipe Band Champion in Grade 5.
Current Membership
PIPERS
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Mike Bowler
John Carlin
Craig Farley
Lisa Graves
Vince Guinnane
Steve Harrington
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P/S Suzan Karayel
P/M Michael LeBoeuf
Alex Lentz
Rob Lund
Dean McFarren
Sean Murphy
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Joe O'Leary
Alex O'Neill
Fred Payne
Claire Raftery
P/C Ian Sharp
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Pat Ward
Wes Weber
David Winter
Hal Wilkes
Wendy Young
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DRUMMERS
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Jesse Aston
D/C Anne Campbell
Meghan Campbell
D/S Art Capperauld
Sean Connolly
D/M Jack Conway
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Harry Deen
John Fiehrer
Tim Jordan
Peyton Kayser
Stuart McLean
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Milanda Moore
Kerry Nehil
Ben O'Leary
Brendan O'Leary
Andrew Ryan
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Collin Seaman
Gary Smith
Connie Taylor
Dana Trillo
John Tucker
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Alumni 1932 - 2011
2010-2011
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Kathleen Aston
Bob Baker
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Daniel Dadap
Marie Dadap
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Phil De Roulet
Randy Erickson
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John Mahoney
Kyler Schroder
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2000-2009
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Thomas Alexander
Rachel Aston
Gordon Baeyen
Tony Bencivenga
Zack Blizzard
Earl Braten
Tom Byrne
Brian Callan
Larry Chan
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Kevin Collins
Aaron Cotler
Georgia Crispelle
Willie Durkin
John Flynn
Scott Foy
Ed Garvey
Scott Greenfield
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Dennis Grimes
Frank Hagen
John Hallisy
Paul Hamilton
Amber Hamack
Tam Hartl
Tom Harvey
David James
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P/M Hugh Kelly
Katie LeBoeuf
Adrian McCullough
D/M RonMcGlashan
Lyndsay McLaurin
Rich McNamara
Lynne Miller
Jason Mispagel
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Brian Molver
Stuart Molver
Edwin Morales
Ryan Morrison
Jeff Muehl
Richard Murphy
Shawn Newton
Dave O'Connor
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Daren Olson
Amara Reddick
Reg Ricci
Mike Seibert
Kathleen Smith
Tom Smith
Katherine Stone
Pat Wasley
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1951-1999
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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
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Mike Brady
Jack Cotter
Frank Crotty
Denis Dinneen
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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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