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[[File:Quebecstpatrickparade.jpg|thumb|The NYPD Pipes and Drums at the 2010 [[Quebec City St-Patrick Parade]]]]
The '''NYPD Pipes and Drums''' is an American [[pipe band]] made up of active and retired police officers of the [[New York City Police Department]] (NYPD). It is associated with the [[Irish American]] [[Emerald Society]] and was formerly known as the Emerald Society's Pipe and Drum Band.<ref name="ParadePlan">((cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/03/nyregion/the-city-police-band-drops-ira-parade-plan.html|title=Police Band Drops I.R.A. Parade Plan|date=3 May 1985|access-date=2023-12-13|newspaper=The New York Times|agency=AP |page=B4))</ref>

Formed in 1960, the NYPD Pipes and Drums was one of the first police pipe bands to form in the [[United States]]. Sergeant Finbar Devine was drum major from 1960 to 1995.<ref name="SullivanParades">((cite news |last1=Sulllivan |first1=Ronald |title=Finbar Devine, 65; Led Bagpipes In 35 Years' Worth of Parades |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/03/us/finbar-devine-65-led-bagpipes-in-35-years-worth-of-parades.html |access-date=2023-12-13 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=3 October 1997 |page=A22))</ref> It is an annual participant in the [[St. Patrick's Day]] [[New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade|parade in New York City]] and the Inaugural parade in Washington.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nypd-pipes-drums-group-play-trump-inauguration-article-1.2929038|title=NYPD pipes and drums group, Marist College marching band to play for Trump's inauguration - NY Daily News|last=Joseph|first=Cameron|work=nydailynews.com|access-date=2018-11-28|language=en-US))</ref> It has historically played for popes and presidents, and city officials. In 2017, it performed at the [[United States presidential inauguration]] parade for President [[Donald Trump]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/videos/politics/2017/01/20/trump-first-salute-inauguration-lead.cnn|title = President Trump salutes NYPD band - CNN Video))</ref> In addition, the band has appeared on numerous television shows and movies including ''[[The Rosie O'Donnell Show]]'', the ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today Show]]'' and ''[[Late Night With David Letterman]]''. The band also maintains a color guard. The bandmaster of the pipes and drums is Detective Kevin McDonough.<ref>((cite web|url=https://nypdpipesanddrums.com/roster/|title=Roster - Pipes & Drums of the Emerald Society|website=nypdpipesanddrums.com))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://nypdpipesanddrums.com/welcome/|title=Welcome - Pipes & Drums of the Emerald Society|website=nypdpipesanddrums.com))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.nypdemeralds.com/history/|title=NYPD Emerald Society|website=www.nypdemeralds.com))</ref><ref>((Cite news|url=http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/criminal-justice/2018/03/15/a-more-diverse-nypd-reflects-on-its-irish-american-heritage|title=A more diverse NYPD reflects on its Irish-American heritage|access-date=2018-11-28|language=en))</ref>

The NYPD is regarded as one of the foremost American police department pipe and drum bands, the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' described the 95-member band in 2005 as the band that, "sets the standard nationwide."<ref name="GiglerTributes">((cite news |last1=Gigler |first1=Dan |title=Police Form Band for Proper Tributes |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=20 March 2005|id=((ProQuest|390866179)) ))</ref>

In April 2002, the band hosted what the London ''[[The Daily Telegraph|Daily Telegraph]]'' described as "One of the largest invasions of pipers and drummers that the world has seen," as a 9/11 memorial.  Pipe and drum bands from 26 countries numbering thousands of musicians marched down New York's [[Sixth Avenue]].<ref name="PeterkinTartan">((cite news |last1=Peterkin |first1=Tom |title=Pipes and drums turn New York tartan |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=8 April 2002|id=((ProQuest|317591686)) ))</ref>

In 1986, the NYPD Pipes and Drums decided not to participate in a commemoration of the [[1981 Irish hunger strike]] by supporters of the [[Irish Republican Army]] held in [[Bundoran]], just across the border from [[Northern Ireland]], on August 31, 1986. Some band members attended privately.<ref name="ParadePlan"/><ref>((Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/f350134dca195537e0b4345cc707cfdc|title=New York Police Band Members March with IRA Supporters|publisher=[[Associated Press]] ))</ref>

==In popular culture==
The NYPD Pipes and Drums appeared in the video made for the song "[[Fairytale of New York]]" by [[The Pogues]] as the lyrics refer to the non-existent "boys of the NYPD choir".

==See also==
* [[NYPD Police Band]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((Official website|https://nypdpipesanddrums.com))

[[Category:Musical groups established in 1960]]
[[Category:1960 establishments in New York City]]
[[Category:Pipe bands]]
[[Category:American police bands]]
[[Category:New York City Police Department]]


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