What We Do:  

              The mission of the Na Fianna Irish Pipe Band is to bring to our community an awareness of the place of piping in the Heritage of Ireland.  Our function is to provide a performance and entertainment which will enhance Irish Cultural activities, and to provide for the Irish of all ages, young and old, an activity for developing and enriching their interest in their Irish Heritage. 

          We accomplish this by primarily performing Irish traditional tunes at various types of events as well as providing Bagpipe  instruction to those who desire to learn about the art of piping and its place in the heritage of Ireland.

      About Our Name: 

          Our Band's name comes from stories of Irish folkore, specifically the Fenian Cycle.  Seamus Macmanus, the great Irish historian, tells us that of all the great bodies of ancient Irish legendary lore, none other has had such an uplifting and educational effect upon the Irish People through the ages as the body of Fenian tales.                                                                                                                                                                   

          Fionn MacCumail (Finn MacCoul), leader of the Fian (Fenians) in the time of Cormac MacArt, is the great central figure of these tales.  Fionn and the Fian did actually exist and were significant figures in the Gaelic history of Ireland.  The man Fionn lived and died in the third century A.D.  The Fian was formed around the end of the 2nd century or beginning of the third century A.D.  "Fianna" is the plural of the collective noun meaning "Bands of the Fian."  It is from this band of select Gaelic Warriors the the Pipe Band draws its name, "Na Fianna"

The Fian was a great standing army of selected and specially trained, daring warriors, whose duty was to carry out the mandates of the High King and to guard the harbors from foreign invaders.  They were soldiers in times of war and a police force in times of peace.  They roved the expanse of the island in bands of three thousand warriors each.  The best and most famous stories of the Fianna and their leader are preserved in the poems of Oisin, the chief bard of the Fianna and the son of Fionn.

    About Our Dress:

                     Our uniform is based on the uniform worn by the Irish Rangers Regiment in the British Army.  The kilt is called the Saffron Kilt and is light orange in color. The color comes from the saffron dye used in coloring the wool.  It is considered the traditional Irish Tartan as many of the other Irish plaids were created in the 20th century.  Medieval Irish as well as Scots often wore solid colored great cloaks and tunics.  These are what the Saffron Kilt and subsequent uniform is based upon.