McDonald Memorial Pipe Band

McDonald Memorial Pipe Band A pipe band based between Dromore & Banbridge Co. Down. competing at Grade 4B.

Congratulations to our Drum Majors Libby & Christopher who took part in the United Kingdom Pipe Band Championships today...
13/06/2026

Congratulations to our Drum Majors Libby & Christopher who took part in the United Kingdom Pipe Band Championships today.

This was the first Major Championship for both of them.

Lovely to see our Novice Drum Major Libby helping to promote the United Kingdom Championships!Both Libby and our Juvenil...
09/06/2026

Lovely to see our Novice Drum Major Libby helping to promote the United Kingdom Championships!

Both Libby and our Juvenile DM Christopher will be taking part in the United Kingdom Championships in Belfast on Saturday.

โณ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ง ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐ & ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ!

The second major championship of the season returns to Northern Ireland on Saturday, with a brand-new venue playing host to the event โ€“ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค, Belfast. Northern Ireland has been a regular home of the United Kingdom Championships since it was first established in 2014, and we look forward to another fantastic day of competition.

Over 60 bands and 40 Drum Majors will compete for the prestigious title of United Kingdom Champion in their respective grades.

A huge thank you to the members of Ballyboley, Down Pipes & Drums, Hollymount and McDonald Memorial who braved the January weather to help capture this promotional photograph. Here's hoping the sunshine makes an appearance at Grove Park this weekend! โ˜€๏ธ

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Tickets are available online: https://unitedkingdom2026.eventbrite.co.uk

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06/06/2026

Great to see a wee drum major from McDonald Memorial Pipe Band out getting some practice in at Grove Playing Fields ahead of the United Kingdom Pipe Band Championships next Saturday. As Roy Castle used to say, 'dedication's what you need if you want to be a record breaker!' If you want to come along and see all the great bands, drum majors and lots besides, get your tickets now!

https://UnitedKingdom2026.Eventbrite.co.uk

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It's with immense sorrow we share the passing today of our Band President Norman McDonald Snr. Father to Chairman & PS N...
03/06/2026

It's with immense sorrow we share the passing today of our Band President Norman McDonald Snr. Father to Chairman & PS Norman McDonald Jnr , Grandad to Alexander Orr , Uncle, Great-Uncle, and friend to many of our members and supporters.

Norman Snr was one of the bands original founding members and pipers. Well known in many pipe band circles, he embraced the social side and camaraderie of the competitive pipe band scene. Those who knew him will no doubt have their own treasured memories and stories to tell ๐Ÿ˜Š

We wish to extend our heartfelt condolences to Normans wider family circle and friends. This legend will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by all who knew him. ๐Ÿ’”

https://www.funeraltimes.com/norman-mauricemcdonald384051431

First competition of the season for Libby. She took part in the Novice Drum Major competition today. Christopher also to...
23/05/2026

First competition of the season for Libby. She took part in the Novice Drum Major competition today.

Christopher also took part in the Juvenile Drum Major competition.

Well done to both our DMs for competing in challenging conditions.

Congratulations to Christopher who placed 1st in the Juvenile DM grade in Donabate today ๐Ÿฅ‡
16/05/2026

Congratulations to Christopher who placed 1st in the Juvenile DM grade in Donabate today ๐Ÿฅ‡

Good luck to MMPB Drum Major Christopher who will take part in his first competition in Donabate tomorrow.
15/05/2026

Good luck to MMPB Drum Major Christopher who will take part in his first competition in Donabate tomorrow.

29/04/2026

๐Ÿ“ข๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’๐’–๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ: ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐”๐‹๐’๐“๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐‡๐€๐Œ๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐€ ๐†๐Ž!

We're are delighted to officially announce that the 73rd Ulster Pipe Band & Drum Major Championships will take place in the beautiful and spacious surrounding of ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค, ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ซ on ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โ€“ kindly supported by Ards and North Down Borough Council.

The Ulster Championships brings together bands, families and supporters from all over for what is one of our biggest annual events, and will see bands and drum majors compete for the prestigious 'Ulster Champion' title.
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Full event details, including parking arrangements will be updated on the event page in due course, as plans progress at: ๐Ÿ‘‰ rspbani.org/event/ulster26 โ€“and entries are still open!
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๐‘ญ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฌ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’‚๐’• - ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐‘ฌ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’•๐’† - ๐‘บ๐’†๐’† ๐‘ฌ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐‘ญ๐’๐’๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’‰

๐Ÿฉถโค๏ธ
A massive thank you to Ards and North Down Borough Council for their valued support, helping the Branch deliver what is our flagship championship event, and one that is worthy of the historic tradition and value that our bands, drum majors and spectators have come to expect.

๐‘ฐ๐’•'๐’” ๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’˜๐’๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’† ๐’„๐’‚๐’'๐’• ๐’˜๐’‚๐’Š๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’†๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’”!

rspbani.org/2026/04/29/bangor-to-host-the-ulster-championships
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For other things to see and do around the area, please go to ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.visitardsandnorthdown.com



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24/04/2026

Next up: ๐‚๐จ. ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ”นTHIS SATURDAY๐Ÿ”น

Winter practice? ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ.
Uniforms? ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.
Pipes & Drums ready? ๐—”๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†.

Now itโ€™s time to bring the noise to Dromore!

This is the first fullโ€‘band competition of the year โ€” the perfect warmโ€‘up before we hit the grass for Season2026. Expect big sound, tight playing, and that unmistakable indoor intensity where every beat hits that little bit harder.

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๐Ÿ“… Saturday 25 April 2026
๐Ÿ“ Dromore High School, BT25 1ND
โฐ First band: 11am

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๐‘ต๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’…. ๐‘ต๐’ ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’. ๐‘ต๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’„๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’”.

Full details: ๐Ÿ‘‰ rspbani.org/event/downindoors26

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๐Ÿ’š ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ โ€“ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

๐Ÿ“ง All Enquiries: [email protected]

13/04/2026

๐Ÿšจ ๐™๐™š๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ โ€“ ๐™‹๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง ๐™‰๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ

The Branch has been contacted by a juvenile competitor from Scotland who is travelling over to take part in this yearโ€™s United Kingdom Solo Drumming this Friday evening in Cookstown

Unfortunately, his piper has had to withdraw at the last minute, leaving him in a difficult position after already having booked travel and accommodation.

Name: ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ (๐‘๐ž๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ)
Plays: ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ‘
MSR tunes:
โ€ข ๐€๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ 
โ€ข ๐ƒ๐จ๐ซ๐š ๐Œ๐œ๐‹๐ž๐จ๐
โ€ข ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐Œ๐œ๐Š๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ž๐ฅ

If any pipers are available and willing to help, it would make a huge difference to this young drummer.

If you can assist, please get in touch with us via Facebook Messenger or email: [email protected] and we can pass contact details on.

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Thank you to anyone who can lend a hand โ€” your support would be greatly appreciated.

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