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Boston Police Gaelic Column (1992-)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1992    

Administrative history

The Boston Police Gaelic Column of Pipes and Drums was the Boston Police Department's bagpipe band, founded in 1992 after the death of an officer in the line of duty. In addition to police funerals, they have performed and received awards at cultural events and parades in both Boston and Ireland.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Boston Police Gaelic Column of Pipes and Drums performance at the barbeque dinner, 2000 June 23

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival is primarily documented through audio and video recordings of music and dance performances and lectures. There are also extensive color snapshot photographs of the festival, and these include classes and workshops as well as concerts and lectures. A smaller amount of paper and born-digital files from Séamus Connolly and Chrysandra Walter capture event planning through correspondence, class descriptions, evaluations, press releases, artist schedules,...
Access Note Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Multitrack audio recordings (DTRS and ADAT) cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. In a few instances for which audio was exclusively recorded in one of these formats, migration was outsourced.Original digital text and image files in this...
Dates: 2000 June 23