Leo Rowsome documentary

[@dukadarodear2176]

How fortunate is Ireland (and the world) that this video was recorded.

[@gabrielkeown38]

The Rowsomes were awesome and Leo a master piper His legacy will endure for generations yet unborn Rowsomes were great but Leo was the leader His music so captivating

[@seanmcnally6658]

So glad I came across this documentary. I play the highland pipes and I’ve always loved ullian pipes, but have never heard live, even when I travelled to Ireland.

[@rossboyce1324]

From nz. What a fabulous account of not only the great Leo with his outstanding legacy for Uilleann piping, but also the musical talents of the extended Rowsome family.

[@mervynpinkyfarrell1155]

Im in Tauranga, NZ , Ross

[@brianfitzpatrick7372]

Now there is a real feel good documentary. What a good man!

[@williammurray3816]

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[@brianfitzpatrick7372]

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[@brianfitzpatrick7372]

As opposed to 0.999....

[@eugenequinn4578]

Beautiful tribute to ‘The Maestro’. Danced on a show on Scottish T.V. in the early ‘60’s with Leon playing. Also knew Liam a brilliant fiddler.

[@ianwattsOfficial]

G'day from Australia 🦘🐨👍 great video,, I got a full set of pipes made by Johnny Bourke,,, really nice to Play.. love to know the history and traditions

[@sentimentaloldme]

Comhghairdeachas leat..A wonderful documentary on the great man himself and a great insight into the history of the Uilleann Pipes.

[@skeletoncable]

Bless you for making this available!

[@irishelk3]

My neighbour Podge, he's lived on our street in Swords, since around, i don't know, 98, the houses were built in 91...Got talking to him a bit more during the lockdown last year, his dad was Brian or Leo Rowsome, i forget which one now...He gave me a thing to read about them, was very interesting. His wife Lillian died in 2001 and his son i think, the following year. We're always chattin about music and his family and their musical roots. Its a small world.

[@SeamusMartin1]

Thank you so much for posting this video.

[@geraldneary1948]

Brilliant documentary.

[@columba7607]

I bought Leo's King of The Pipers LP in the Old Smithfield Market, Belfast, in 1971. Loved it then and love it now. A genius.

[@rgrimesviolin]

Hello friends! Our family pronounced the name, (as Morgan rightly said) like “snow,” as we didn’t row…only joking😅 We never really thought about it at all, and became accustomed to the name being pronounced both ways. Thanks for your comments on the documentary! As there had not been a documentary made on my father, Leo, I decided to make it happen, having been given the opportunity by Northern Vision TV., the staff of which have done the history of piping a great service. There is so much more to tell…..

[@Jp-hk6hc]

Proud to say this man was my great uncle, my mother was his niece carmel rowsome,

[@gabrielkeown38]

The great Leo Rowsome was of French origin but later settled in Wexford and later Dublin The Rowsomes were unique

[@denismurray868]

thank you for this informative video

[@johnquinn6351]

There was a guy from Wexford last name was Duran he played at the regatta in rossmore woodford co Galway about 1939 or early 40s. We used to love him I was about 6 or 7 first time I heard him

[@frankmcgourty2526]

Johnny Doran?

[@runeulriksen]

Sadly, both Liam O’Flynn and now Paddy Moloney is no longer with us.

[@uninteresting1212]

I'm a Canadian.... hear me out... my great grandmother (Bessie ann Rowsome) was Leo's second cousin...I inherited none of that talent...but true story...

[@frederickgriffith7004]

For all of those genealogy buffs out there.That would make you Leo Rowsome's second cousin three times removed.

[@uninteresting1212]

@@frederickgriffith7004 correct as far as I know

[@frederickgriffith7004]

@@uninteresting1212 I happen to own a CD compilation of Mr Rowsome's music.Beautifil and powerful.I listen to music from all over the world.Starting with vinyl album compilations of folk and traditional music from all over the world.One day in the early 1980s I came across a compilation of some the earlier Irish Masters of the Uilleann pipes.Recordings made from the 1920s.I was floored.Of course I knew of the Scottish and Irish Bagpipes.But nothing like this.Its like either you are born to play the pipes or you are not.To this day anytime I have the urge to get my creative juices flowing I listen to early Jazz instrumentals or I listen to men like Mr Rowsome.

[@maryoshea8944]

Awesome!!

[@Jp-hk6hc]

My great uncle brilliant engineer letalone pipe player my hero

[@Mynsinger]

Arguably the Turloch O'Carolan of the pipes

[@jamesreney2210]

Tis truly a shame that most people, when they think of musical pipes, only consider the more well known, Scottish bagpipes. While, Scottish pipes have great power, aye, even blood stirring, in truth, Irish pipes are far more melodious and lyrical, which is why, in the movie, "Braveheart", Mel Gibson, himself a Scot, still chose, Irish pipes to be heard in his film. Played by a master, perhaps, no other instrument is so ethereal, save for, excepting, the full size Irish Harp. Anyone who has heard the music of the blind, last of the Irish bards, Turlough O'Carolyn, would agree, whether his piece, entitled, "Mrs. Power", or, his piece, composed extemporaneously, in a contest with an Italian violinist, Gemini, which is known as, "O'Carolyn's Concerto". When he died, his skull was preserved by the country folk as a cure for Epilepsy ! Going on, oh, I guess, now, it's nearly 40 years ago, the British guitarist, the late, John Renbourn, transposed, O'Carolyn's Concerto, for the guitar. If ever you hear it, you will doff your cap, I'll promise you that ! I know, I did digress from the pipes a wee smidge, hopefully, none'a ye, will rebuke me. God bless all, and, as you all know, "may you be in Heaven, half an hour, before the Devil knows you're dead !!!!

[@mervynpinkyfarrell1155]

Thank you from a paddy in NZ a lover of The Chieftains whom i saw in Toronto in concert and wept my heart wrenched way through it.

[@mervynpinkyfarrell1155]

I hope these are available on KZbin. If not, can you advise me how i can hear these classics

[@karlmccarron3318]

Mel Gibson is actually in fact Australian, is he not? Or were his people originally from Scotland?

[@finneire2081]

If they weren’t so expensive I’m sure more young irishlads wood play them

[@littlegamerstv4901]

That is so sad when he did.

[@BelcarrigFarm]

Its row as in how not row as in snow

[@QHarefield]

My best friend was related to Leo (either nephew, great-nephew, or something else : I'm not sure). He told me that, when he was a child, his teacher tried to tell him how to pronounce his own name!!

[@BelcarrigFarm]

@QHarefield I'm a rowsome and I pronounce it like how

[@BelcarrigFarm]

@Qharefield I didn't know that

[@QHarefield]

@@BelcarrigFarm Quite right : so did my friend!

[@rabbitshirt]

His daughter pronounces it as it rhymes with “snow” but that doesn’t mean various family members couldn’t pronounce it differently.