Bagpipers - NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade March 17th, 2011

[AthCliath23]

It takes an Irishman to play the pipes, don't ever forget it.

[AthCliath23]

RomanCatholicAndProud, (like myself!) we Irish MOST CERTAINLY DO respect the pipes, if not more. The bagpipes are immense here, but not even as much so as the Uilleann Pipes. Sure wasn't it us Irish Gaels who brought the Gaelic Culture to Scotland in the first place?!?

[psweep]

bagpipes invented in England along with most the tartan boom!

[Injektilo7]

@psweep No, bagpipes in general were invented in the Near East a couple of thousand years before England existed and the Great Highland Bagpipe is, as the name would suggest, a very much Scottish affair. The tartan boom is primarily the work of a Scot, namely Sir Walter Scott, romanticised and then propogandised the Highlands and was then further popularised by the visit of King George IV, who wore highland dress designed by Scott for the occasion.

[Kev9858]

no one plays the bagpipes nd wears the kilt ... then thinks of Ireland. they think of Scotland. this is all Scottish, great stuff. quit arguing about who got what from where. its Scottish, not Irish. so finish arguing.

Proud Scot here with Irish blood & I am proud of it! :)

[RomanCatholicAnProud]

@Kev9858 its a celtic thing, dosent belong to either actually, neither scotsmen like myself nor the irish have ever tried to actually say it there's. But yeah we and the irish are both celtic people and are similar in many ways too be quite honest.

[Kev9858]

@RomanCatholicAnProud you are right, us and the Irish are very similar. although we both have bagpipes yes, but different kinds. I believe the pipes is a Scottish thing although celtic music is done by the pipes, again you are right but when I hear the pipes I only think of Scotland.

I respect what your saying though.

[RomanCatholicAnProud]

we will always think of scotland when we hear the pipes, and i know my cousins in southern ireland only know bagpipes to be scotish and not irish, so yeah we are much more aware of the pipes and we respect them alot more than the irish i would say, its mainly ulster scots people who would play pipes in ireland i believe. scottish regiments of the british army have the better pipers than the irish ones, infact i think 1 royal irish are teh only reg that use pipes where as the irish gaurds, dont

[Kev9858]

@RomanCatholicAnProud I didnt know that, we learn something new everyday lol. Thanks for sharing that mate :)

[pondlife14]

It is great to see SCOTTISH cuture being adopted by Americans, the wearing of kilts with Scottish tartans playing the Great Highland Bagpipes of Scotland. Its might be appropriate as St Patrick was a Scottish missionary who brought Christianity to Ireland!

[bearace040]

Actually the second song is "the Orange and the Green"

[abyssfan4ever]

Ah yes Minstrel Boy and Wearing of the Green. To easy tunes yet two of my favorites to play

[IndoCommunist]

i know this song, "Minstrel Boy"

[BeckyPoC]

We're all Celts and we can all share the bagpipes. The first song is "The Minstrel Boy" and the second is "The Wearin' of the Green." Love it!

[thunderpanther]

the Irish marched into battle line to the skirl of the warpipes as their cousins, the Scots, watched in amazment on the other side of the battlefield. It was at Falkirk that the Scotsmen saw the martial effect of the bagpipes upon the Irish soldiers and thereafter began bringing bagpipes into battle and into the annals of history.1 The first mention of the Scots using their bagpipes in battle was at their victory at Bannockburn in 1314

[mcgzer]

Or the wearing of the green, same beat different song.

[CharlesDilkes]

@mcgzer They're both rebel songs though; they're both about the same rebellion. Scottish icons and symbols splattered with old Irish rebel songs - bizarre really.

[rapier0954]

@CharlesDilkes You think only the Scots had bagpipes and kilts??

[CharlesDilkes]

@rapier0954 Mate, if you're going to try and fob us off with the rubbish that Highland Bagpipes and kilts are part and parcel of Irish culture then save your breath.

I spoke to someone about these parades and asked why they kit themselves out in Highland military regalia and his answer was what I expected: they simply find it easier to acquire this gear and the American masses can't tell the difference between Scottish icons and Irish ones. This is all highly romanticised.

[rapier0954]

@CharlesDilkes A quote from a history article:"The bagpipe often associated with Scotland was brought to that land from Ireland following the invasion of the Pictish kingdom by Fergus MacErc, Prince of Dalriada in North Antrim in the year 470 AD" DO try to read a little history it expands the mind!! North Antrim is in Irelant!!

[CharlesDilkes]

@rapier0954 Errrrr, yes I get that - that isn't news to me. But, pray tell me, what does medieval Ireland have to do with modern Ireland? Nobody, in the modern period, does, or has, associated kilts and Highland bagpipes with Ireland - it is NOT a feature of Irish culture.

If you're having to cite Dalriada (Christ Almighty - an early medieval petty kingdom - 407AD? Are you fuckin' kidding?) then you really are scrapping the barrel.

[rapier0954]

@CharlesDilkes I take your point and agree it is not a prominent feature of present Irish culture. A person once said the Irish gave the Scots the bagpipes as a joke, they just never got the joke. I'm just kiddin around mate, all the best to you. I like the sound of a good pipe band. In fact my nephews are in one.

[RomanCatholicAnProud]

@CharlesDilkes your right its not really a feature of thier cultue in ireland, but id like to inform you as scotsman, they where brought over, its noted in history. Im not sure wather you know that or you dont, but read up its actually true, and to my other point, the irish dont respect the pipes in teh sense that we have, you are ideots arguing about who owns the bagpipes, when theres war and people starving etc going on in the world, get a grip the lottaya

[evandonoghue7]

@rapier0954 irelant ??? whats that

[rapier0954]

@evandonoghue7 Type error Irelant is obviously ireland from the context. Anyone who knows where N Antrim is would know that.

[mcgzer]

Also the tune is the Rising of the moon. An Irish rebel song.

[mcgzer]

The bagpipes are Scottish, the Uilleann pipes are Irish.

[rapier0954]

@mcgzer You need to do a little more research!!

[StrathendrickPiper]

@Flamorgan Your wrong there. There are more pipe bands in Scotland than anywhere in the whole world. There's about 4 round where I live and I stay in small village

[archer1949]

@StrathendrickPiper Scotland and Ireland don't have a monopoly on traditional bagpipes. My Great Grandfather was from Galicia, Spain and was a member of his own Pipe and Drum band.

[DonegalRaymie201]

@Flamorgan

But I'm still right, while you're still talking oot yer arse!

Stick to other Plastic Paddy pish, and do us all a favour!

[DonegalRaymie201]

@Flamorgan

You're talking out yer arse again! That's HIGHLAND dress and those are GREAT HIGHLAND BAGPIPES, there's not a single fuckin' example of either the dress OR those pipes that comes from Ireland fuckwit!

And the "scoti" were what the Romans called "pirates"! They had no idea where abouts they came from, ya eejit!

[BULLSfan566]

i thought ireland copied the scots cause they have the original red dress or outfit

[strathpipe]

Why are they dressed like Scots? 

[TravelBareFeet]

Thank you, @60gunner1 !

[bstnsux7]

What song is this?

[60gunner1]

@bstnsux7 

carry on