The St. Laurence O'Toole Development Band
The St.Laurence O'Toole Development Pipe Band was established in 2009 with the primary goal of teaching and preparing players for the step up to our Grade 1 band. The band had its first official outing in Maynooth on St.Patrick's Day 2010, with its first competitive outing the following May at the Co.Fermanagh Championship in Enniskillen. They also hope to start teaching kids locally with a view to playing a more active role promoting Pipes and Drums within the Tallaght community.
In the band's first competing season they done extremely well and beat their expectations gaining 1st place in the Co.Fermanagh and Mid-Ulster (plus drumming) championships, All-Ireland and British Championship wins, third at the European and a second at the World's were among the prizes going straight in at 3B.
Doing so well in their first season the band have been upgraded to 3A for the competing season of 2012.
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