Uilleann bagpipe

Description

Great Irish bellows or Uilleann bagpipe with three drones and four regulators, brass and bone mounted, in a wooden case, said to have been presented by Queen Victoria to a blind piper of Dublin named Ferguson: Irish

Museum reference

A.1947.107.1

Collection

Culture

Object name

Uilleann bagpipe

Production information

Ireland, Northern Europe

Materials

Brass, Bone

Physical description

Brass and bone mounts / wood case

Associations

Probable presenter: Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India
Probable owner: Ferguson
Collector: Fraser, Alexander Duncan, Dr, 1849 - 1920
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, Northern Europe