St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band
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| Established | 1910 |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
| Grade | 1 |
| Pipe major | Alen Tully |
| Drum sergeant | Stephen Creighton |
| Tartan | Green |
| Notable honours |
World Pipe Band Champions: 2010 Scottish Champions: 2008, 2015 British Champions: 2008 European Champions: 2010, 2016 RSPBA Champion of Champions: 2008 All Ireland Champions: 1958, 2007, 2008 , 2010 and 2014 Ulster Champions: 1991 & 2007 Drumming Titles World Champions: 2006, 2010, 2015 and 2016 Scottish Champions: 2009 & 2011 European Champions: 2009, 2010 and 2014 British Champions: 2011 and 2014 All Ireland Champions: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 ,2012 and 2014 RSPBA Drumming Champion of Champions: 2014 |
| Website | www |
World Pipe Band Champions: 2010
Scottish Champions: 2008, 2015
British Champions: 2008
European Champions: 2010, 2016
RSPBA Champion of Champions: 2008
All Ireland Champions: 1958, 2007, 2008 , 2010 and 2014
Ulster Champions: 1991 & 2007
Drumming Titles
World Champions: 2006, 2010, 2015 and 2016
Scottish Champions: 2009 & 2011
European Champions: 2009, 2010 and 2014
British Champions: 2011 and 2014
All Ireland Champions: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 ,2012 and 2014
The St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band is a Grade 1 pipe band based in Dublin, Ireland. The band was established in 1910, and won the RSPBA World Pipe Band Championships in 2010.
The band's Pipe Major is Alen Tully and Pipe Sergeant is Brendan Murphy. The lead drummer is Stephen Creighton.
In 1910 a meeting was organised by the St. Laurence O'Toole Gaelic Athletic Association Club in the CBS school, Seville Place, Dublin. The main mover in forming the band was Frank Cahill who was also a founder of the GAA Club and Drama Club. Frank was for many years an Alderman of Dublin Corporation, and later became a member of the new Irish Parliament (Dáil Éireann). Amongst those present at the meeting were Irish republicans Pádraig Pearse, Thomas Clarke, Sean McDermott, Arthur Griffith, Douglas Hyde (later to become the first President of Ireland), and the Irish playwright Seán O'Casey. The band clashed with police at a rally during the Dublin Lock-out of 1913, when leading a group of protesters to Liberty Hall and during the Irish War of Independence the band headquarters were attacked on several occasions by the army. The band ceased any political affiliation after the Irish Civil War, which ended in 1923.
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