Tipparary WHistle - um about 1955/6... bugger me mate, I was only single digits old.... :-) and it died by th3 tiem I reached double digits - mum disposed of the remains... Bob who used to play with Stan Arthur of The Wayfarers showed me one in his collection: unfortunately it had been placed in hot water to 'adjust it', and reacted badly and was now unplayable.

The Celtic Club guys - if they got the placing right after the first few tries, placed it dead between the top 2 holes. I can't at the moment remember what they used it for, I don't have a whistle handy, but they used it to not crossfinger - was it the C natural???