Gavin Whelan has a great ear for music...and this is it!
Gavin Whelan has a great ear for music...and this is it!

No, he doesn't play by ear - he uses his hands!

Uilleann Pipe & Whistle player Gavin Whelan as well as having great hands to play trad music he also has one of the most decorative ears.

He's a young and very talented musician who hails from Tallaght in Dublin and has released 3 Whistle albums to date, and a Book of 120 Irish Traditional Tunes - with accompanying CDs. His first Piping Album titled Homelands was released late in 2012.

Date: 01/05/2011

Location: Belgard Inn, Tallaght

Photographer: Colm Keating

Gavin Whelan has a great ear for music...and this is it!

No, he doesn't play by ear - he uses his hands!

Uilleann Pipe & Whistle player Gavin Whelan as well as having great hands to play trad music he also has one of the most decorative ears.

He's a young and very talented musician who hails from Tallaght in Dublin and has released 3 Whistle albums to date, and a Book of 120 Irish Traditional Tunes - with accompanying CDs. His first Piping Album titled Homelands was released late in 2012.

Date: 01/05/2011

Location: Belgard Inn, Tallaght

Photographer: Colm Keating