‘It’s like a living thing’: Paddy Keenan says the uilleann pipes are one of the most difficult instruments to learnWhen Paddy Keenan turned 70 earlier this year, a thought struck him hard: he was surprised to still be alive. “There was a lot of drink and drugs,” he says, speaking to Review from his home in West Cork. He would often be seen playing the uilleann pipes at De Barra’s in Clonakilty, but the pandemic has ensured he is living a more cloistered existence. He has little time for such grand talks, however, and prefers to simply speak of his lifelong connection with the uilleann pipes. Paddy Keenan was born in Trim, Co Meath, in 1950.

Source: Irish Independent November 14, 2020 02:37 UTC