Active in Boston in the first half of the twentieth century, Patrick A. “Patsy” Brown made uilleann pipes, most in the style of the Taylor brothers of Philadelphia, some with innovative key work. He was born in Killorglin, County Kerry, in 1872, emigrated to the United States in 1892, and came to Boston about 1898. Brown earned his living as a bricklayer and electrician and lived for many years in the Dorchester neighbourhood. He was active in piping and pipemaking from about 1908 to the mid-1950s. Patsy and a small group of piping friends continued to play when interest in the instrument was at its lowest ebb in the 1940s. His work is generally well thought of. A 1942 article stated “He has made five complete sets and about fifty chanters, but he won’t sell any of them. His home is a heaven for Irish musicians, especially pipers.” Brown made his own lathe and other tools for making pipes. After a visit to his shop, musicologist Nicholas Bessaraboff of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts said of his work, “The man’s a genius and doesn’t know it.” Patsy Brown died in Boston in 1957.