The St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band is a Grade 1 pipe band based in St. Mary's Hospital Campus, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. The band was established in 1910, and won the World Pipe Band Championship
The band celebrating their Grade 1 UK Championship victory in Stormont, Belfast in 2018
Members of the St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band march and perform during the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade on Gran Vía in Madrid, Spain, March 14, 2026.
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The pipe major is the leading musician of a pipe band, whether military or civilian. Like the appointment of drum major, the position is derived from British Army traditions. During the early twentiet
A photograph from c. 1890s of Pipe Major Colin Thomson of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
The civilian Simon Fraser University Pipe Band led by pipe major Terry Lee on the right of the band and pipe sergeant Jack Lee on the left