St. Columcille United Gaelic Pipe Band

St. Columcille United Gaelic Pipe Band Kearny, NJ-based pipe band promoting Gaelic music and culture throughout the northeast United States. The St.

Columcille United Gaelic Pipe Band, based in Kearny, NJ, was founded in 1949. Throughout its existence the band has maintained high standards of musical performance in both Scottish bagpiping and drumming. The band is available for parades as well as performances public and private. The organization also free pipe and drum instruction through the Columcille School of Piping and Drumming. The schoo

l is held every Monday night starting at 7:30 pm at the First Baptist Church on Kearny Ave, in Kearny, NJ.

How about some good news over breakfast?The Grade 5 took 1st and the Grade 4 took 2nd at the NJ IRISH FESTIVAL yesterday...
06/08/2026

How about some good news over breakfast?

The Grade 5 took 1st and the Grade 4 took 2nd at the NJ IRISH FESTIVAL yesterday! Cheers to all of our musicians, and sincere thanks to the organizing committee!

06/06/2026

Time to get a good night’s sleep for tomorrow’s 54th NJ Irish Festival! Come cheer on our completion bands

05/29/2026

Check out the clip that was sent our way: The great Bruce Gandy having a chat about “The Pride of Kearny,” a tune written for our man Joe McGongial.

The video skips a bit in the middle, but watch all the way through to hear the jig from Bruce himself.

We hope you have a thoughtful Memorial Day. As the band marches parades today,  our memories  are with all those who hav...
05/25/2026

We hope you have a thoughtful Memorial Day. As the band marches parades today, our memories are with all those who have been lost in the service of our country.

ICYMI, here’s the Grade 3’s 2nd place MSR from this weekend at the Fair Hill Scottish Games. Hope you enjoy!
05/19/2026

ICYMI, here’s the Grade 3’s 2nd place MSR from this weekend at the Fair Hill Scottish Games.

Hope you enjoy!

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🥇Hardware Incoming🥈Congratulations to the Grade 5 Columcille School on the 1st place win today, and the Grade 3 St. Colu...
05/16/2026

🥇Hardware Incoming🥈

Congratulations to the Grade 5 Columcille School on the 1st place win today, and the Grade 3 St. Columcille United Gaelic Pipe Band on their 2nd place!

Thanks again to everyone at the Fair Hill Scottish Games for hosting us today.

It’s a great day for a contest! Wish us luck as the Grade 5 and the Grade 3 set off for the Fair Hill Scottish Games tod...
05/16/2026

It’s a great day for a contest! Wish us luck as the Grade 5 and the Grade 3 set off for the Fair Hill Scottish Games today. Play well, everyone!

It was a great day yesterday for all three bands! Congrats to the Columcille School for taking 1st in their contest!Than...
05/03/2026

It was a great day yesterday for all three bands! Congrats to the Columcille School for taking 1st in their contest!

Thanks again to the Union County Celtic Festival for hosting again. We’re already planning to be back next year. If you missed it, put it on your calendar for 2027!

Address

P. O. Box 499
Kearny, NJ
07032

Opening Hours

Monday 7pm - 9:30pm
Wednesday 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Thursday 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Sunday 9am - 12pm

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