Hi, we're excited to start this GoFundMe campaign to support the Irish Arts Foundation's (IAF) fundraising for the Taylor Brothers Memorial. IAF is dedicated to promoting the rich tapestry of traditional Irish performing arts, fostering community awareness, and providing educational opportunities.

We are raising funds to honor the memories of William and Charles Taylor, who changed the course of the design of the Uilleann Pipes (Irish Bagpipes). They emigrated to America from Drogheda, Ireland and spent much of their American lives working in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is where they were trying to achieve "The American Dream" and did their innovative work as pipe makers, and ultimately where they died.

They are buried in a pauper's grave in the Old Cathedral Cemetery. Recent changes in policy with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will allow us to put up a tombstone on the mass-grave, with the understanding that the stone will include others buried there with the phrase "and all souls buried on this ground". Please join us in this important project. We owe them so much.

This project is to memorialize the Taylor Brothers with a tombstone. All donations are tax deductible and 100% of the donations will go to providing a memorial at their gravesite.

We will be having a dedication later in 2026, and all are welcome to this event. Please stay tuned for details...

Please consider contributing to this worthy cause. Your support will help keep our cultural traditions alive and accessible for everyone. Thank you!

If you cannot donate on this website for whatever reason (don't want to use your credit card, you would like additional anonymity, etc.) please feel free to write a check made out to "Irish Arts Foundation". In the memo section write: Taylor Brothers Memorial. Send the check to the following:

Irish Arts Foundation

c/o Gary White

1914 Poplar Dr NE

Kalkaska, MI 49646