Jarlath Henderson (born 1986) is a Northern Irish folk musician. He is best known as an

Uilleann piper The uilleann pipes ( or , ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Earlier known in English as "union pipes", their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms (literally, "pipes of the elbow"), from their ...

and singer but also plays the guitar and flute. He was the youngest winner of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2003. Through his career, he has worked with bands and musicians such as Lau,

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, Julie Fowlis, Michael McGoldrick,

Paddy Keenan Paddy Keenan (born 30 January 1950) is an Irish player of the uilleann pipes who first gained fame as a founding member of The Bothy Band. Since that group's dissolution in the late 1970s, Keenan has released a number of solo and collaborati ...

, Salsa Celtica, Phil Cunningham, Buille, Dougie Maclean and Jack Bruce. He has also worked with Boris Grebenshikov of

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on the album ''House of All Saints''. In 2016, he released his first solo album, ''Hearts Broken, Heads Turned''. In 2019, he released ''Raw''. As of 2016 he is a member of the band Atlantic Arc, led by Dónal Lunny. Henderson was born in

Armagh Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...

but grew up in

Dungannon Dungannon () is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the county (after Omagh) and had a population of 14,340 at the 2011 Census. The Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council had its headquarters in the ...

. He studied medicine at the University of Aberdeen before moving to Glasgow to work as a junior doctor. Henderson works full time as both a musician and a doctor. Jarlath Henderson is the brother of the Northern Irish musician and actress Alana Henderson.

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Bonus Episode: Jarlath Henderson at the Isle of Skye Festival of Small Halls
People from Armagh (city) People from Dungannon Folk musicians from Northern Ireland Uilleann pipers from Northern Ireland Medical doctors from Northern Ireland Living people Musicians from County Armagh Musicians from County Tyrone Vertical Records artists {{Northern-Ireland-musician-stub Alumni of the University of Aberdeen 1986 births