Painting the Maine Lambeg drum, exploring the 鈥淏rian Boru pipes鈥� and a family reaction to an old soldier鈥檚 voice from the past.
A hand-painted Lambeg drum destined for the USA, introducing the Brian Boru pipes, and a family鈥檚 memories on hearing their old soldier鈥檚 voice for the first time in decades.
Helen hears from the family of William McConnell 鈥� the Somme Veteran we heard on last week鈥檚 programme. The recording of William鈥檚 battle memories was made in 1993 鈥� just ahead of his 100th birthday, but only came to light recently and hearing his voice for the first time in decades has stirred many memories.
Willie has been to meet Andy Young, the artist responsible for hand painting the images on a Lambeg drum that鈥檚 being gifted to the people of Maine, USA.
If it鈥檚 got anything to do with bagpipes, Rab isn鈥檛 far away 鈥� though on this occasion, it鈥檚 pipes with a difference. Bands playing the Brian Boru pipes are few and far between, so Rab chats with Colin Scott of the Ballygowan Pipe Band to hear more about these unusual pipes.
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