Vinnie Kilduff (born 10 August 1960) is an Irish multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, primarily known for his work with U2, The Waterboys, Clannad and Sinéad O'Connor.

[3] Having mastered the whistle by the age of six, the young Kilduff competed in numerous traditional Irish music competitions known as Fleadh Cheoil.

[3] In 1981, Kilduff was asked by U2 to play uilleann pipes and bodhrán on their album October and to guest with them at their concert in Slane Castle that year.

[3] In 2009, the U2 song "Tomorrow" with Kilduff playing the uilleann pipes was featured in It Might Get Loud, the Davis Guggenheim documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White.

[7] The band have been credited with discovering the then fifteen-year-old singer Sinead O'Connor at this time, who temporarily joined them as lead vocalist and co-wrote the song "Take My Hand".

[11] In 1997 they collaborated with actor Patrick Bergin on two songs at the Gathering, a concert to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Irish Famine in Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland.

[16] Kilduff has worked with many of the leading names in the Music business including U2, Clannad, Sinead O'Connor, The Waterboys, Steve Cooney, Charlie Lennon, Ciaran Brennan, Arty McGlynn and with Newry rock band The 4 of Us.