6TH JULY 2026
St. Laurence O’Toole won the 2026 GRADE ONE All-Ireland Championship at St. Catherine’s Park, in A three-band, two-event competition.
St. Laurence O’Toole won both the Medley and MSR events, marking the band’s most successful result so far in 2026.
It was the eighth All-Ireland victory for St. Laurence O’Toole.
GRADE ONE - MSR
1 - St. Laurence O’Toole (2,1,1,1)
2 - Field Marshal Montgomery (1,2,2,2)
3 - Ravara (3,3,3,3)
Bass Section: St. Laurence O’Toole
Judges: John Wilson, Timmy Farrelly (piping); Derek Doyle (drumming); Paul Brown (ensemble)
Grade 1 - Medley
1 - St. Laurence O’Toole (2,1,1,1)
2 - Field Marshal Montgomery (1,2,2,2)
3 - Ravara (3,3,3,3)
Bass Section: St. Laurence O’Toole
Judges: Colin Moffett, Ross Harvey (piping); Ian Lawson (drumming); Jim Baxter (ensemble)
ST.LAURENCE O'TOOLE PIPE BAND PLAYING THEIR MSR AT THE ALL IRELAND - HUGH KENNEDY, KIRSTIE MACCALMAN'S FAVOURITE AND THOMPSON'S DIRK
ST.LAURENCE O'TOOLE PIPE BAND PLAYING THEIR MEDLEY AT THE ALL IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026
27TH JUNE 2026
Field Marshal Montgomery won the 2026 European Pipe Band Championship against a field of seven other bands,with ONLY Ravara not making the trip.
It was Field Marshal Montgomery’s second major championship win of 2026, after winning the UK Championship in Belfast two weeks earlier.
FMM also won their second consecutive drumming title.
Grade 1 (medley, eight competed)
1st Field Marshal Montgomery (1,1,1,2)
2nd Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia (Scotland) (2,2,5,1)
3rd St. Laurence O’Toole (Ireland) (4,3,2,4)
4th Inveraray & District (Scotland (3,5,4,5)
5th Police Scotland Fife (6,6,3,3)
6th Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia (5,4,6,7)
7th Scottish Power (7,7,7,6)
9th Police Scotland & Federation (8,8,8,8)
Judges: Maurice Rhodes, John Reville (piping); David Brown (drumming); Bob Worrall (ensemble)
ST.LAURENCE O'TOOLE PIPE BAND PLAYING THEIR NUMBER ONE MEDLEY....BEGINNING WITH CHARLIE LENNON'S HORNPIPE
belfast – JUNE15TH 2026
Field Marshal Montgomery who came away with the top title in the Grade 1 MSR contest. The band also won the drumming.
slot returned to the top three,with a top class performance.
In sixth, Ravara of Northern Ireland captured their first championship prize since being elevated to Grade 1 after the 2024 season, and St. Laurence O’Toole of Dublin returned to the prizes with a third, after being shut out at the British. Scottish Power did not make the trip, and 2025 World Champions Inveraray & District opted to travel to compete and deliver two concerts over two nights at the Chicago Highland Games.
Royal Burgh of Annan continued their solid season, winning the Grade 2 Medley competitions.
Grade 3 to Grade 4 was populated mostly by bands from Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, with few Scottish bands making the trip.
Grade 1 (MSR, seven competed)
1st Field Marshal Montgomery (Northern Ireland) (1,1,1,3)
2nd Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia (Scotland) (3,3,2,1)
3rd St. Laurence O’Toole (Ireland) (2,2,4,2)
4th Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia (Scotland) (4,4,3,4)
5th Police Scotland Fife (Scotland) (5,5,5,5)
6th Ravara (Northern Ireland) (6,6,6,6)
7th Police Scotland & Federation (7,7,7,7)
Judges: Mark Faloon, Don Bradford (piping); Keith Orr (drumming); Tom Brown (ensemble)
st.laurence o'toole pipe band performing msr #1(The big msr) @ uk championships 2026
the clan macrae society, islay ball, john morrison of assynt house
st.laurence o'toole pipe band performing msr #1(The big msr) @ uk championships 2026
the clan macrae society, islay ball, john morrison of assynt house
this time, from a drumming perspective ;-)
30th MAY 2026
Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia won the 2026 British Championship held at the Royal Highland Centre at Ingliston, on the west side of Scotland’s capital city, against a field of eight other Grade 1 bands.
The band also won the drumming in the first championships victory for Pipe-Major Emmett Conway and Lead-Drummer David Henderson.Police Scotland & Federation made a bold return to competition after a year’s hiatus with a sixth prize, ahead of perennial prizewinners St. Laurence O’Toole and Scottish Power. The Feds were sporting Royal Stewart kilts in a nod to their roots under the legendary Glasgow/Strathclyde Police banner.
the slot played extremely well,but unfortunately didn't make the prize list on this occasion.
Grade 1 (Medley, nine competed)
1st Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia (Scotland) (1,1,1,1)
2nd Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia (Scotland) (2,2,5,2)
3rd Inveraray & District (Scotland) (5,3,3,3)
4th Police Scotland Fife (Scotland) (3,5,7,4)
5th Field Marshal Montgomery (Northern Ireland) (8,8,2,5) (Ens.Pref.)
6th Police Scotland & Federation (Scotland) (4,4,9,6)
7th St. Laurence O’Toole (Ireland) (7,7,4,7)
8th Scottish Power (Scotland) (6,6,8,8)
9th Ravara (Northern Ireland) (9,9,6,9)
Judges: Robert Mathieson, Cameron Edgar (piping); Paul Turner (drumming); Jim Semple (ensemble)
st.laurence o'toole pipe band - performing their new #1 medley
the stubborn zip, donald sutherland, p/m sandy gordon, jimmy rollo, slieve more, paddy be easy, the sheepwife
16th MAY 2026
the first outing of the season was the leinster championship at newbridge house, donabate, in what can only be described as baltic conditions.....
open grade
1st St.laurence o'toole
Judges: john wilson, john reville (piping); derek doyle (drumming); mark faloon (ensemble)
st.laurence o'toole pipe band @ the leinster championships 2026, donabate, co.dublin
charlie lennon's, welcome home grainne, white strand, atlantic bridge, the rose, a trip to spain, spitfire, the black haired maid,
the mountain road, the golden chanter