Irrelavant Scots and Irishmen from irrelavant countries, calling Americans "Plastic Paddies". Very amusing. Well, if it makes you feel like you matter in the world, go ahead. We in the U.S. couldn't care less what you bastardized Englishmen think.
I don't get the band playing in highland dress uniforms just making everything green is a bit Daft why don't the wear Irish dress? and head gear no disrespect intended just curious?
Being an ignorant Plastic Paddy with a background in the New York City Police Department with an Irish name as long as a nightstick perhaps I can help you understand what is going on here. In 1972 Amazing Grace became a hit on the radio, the Police Department at the time started using it a LOD funerals, then on other occasions, the number of Irish descendants on the was thinning out and it seemed at the time somewhat traditional.
So because "Amazing Grace", (a song with words by an Englishman, put to a Scots air!), was a commercial hit in the USA in '72, with a version played on bagpipes by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, (an old Regiment of the British Army FFS!), you Plastic Paddies, decided to embrace all things Scots, to express your proud Irish heritage???
Hell, you do our Ulster Loyalists proud, so you do!
As to the uniforms what can I say, they are cops, they are cheap and could care less what they represent to you--Frankly I wish they would get back to Sousa who composes with counterpoint and doesn't sound like a herd of drowning goats. Just a matter of taste,
It's not about what the uniforms, headwear & regalia represent to me, it's what they represent to the less ignorant world, and the REAL Irish in particular! You're celebrating your "Irish" heritage by embracing all things Scottish I'm afraid.
No one is saying that the GHB are easy to play well, but when they ARE played well, there's nothing quite like them! Your neighbours to the North have proven that admirably, Simon Fraser University multiple World Champions!
Cheap army surplus suits and an excuse to drink too much. Maybe that's Irish heritage or a good reminder why so many got out of those dreary places. There are many in Tennessee who would make the same claims about what the Real Irish do to the banjo. I have a name from dead language which like the guys with Polish names always needs to be spelled out here. Amazing Grace is a hymn, appropriate at funerals.
Christ, if you mean you have a Gaelic name, then that's FAR from a dead language, as it's still spoken & used on a daily basis in BOTH ireland & Scotland!
It amazes us no end, that you claim Irish descent, but have no interest in ANYTHING that's real & genuinely Irish?? Why???
I know the bagpipe music? never changes Key and the music is a 1-5 progression if that's difficult to play well I'll just take your word for it. Real Irish means nothing here there weren't any Irish flags on Iwo Jima. and please look closely the presidents name only "irish", it's not -- really.
It's just like accordian or mouth organ ability! Yes, it's easy to play badly, but a genuine "mouthie" player is just like a fiddle or pipes player: if you're good, you're good and it doesn't matter if you're a Scot or Irish, this is OUR instrument!
But, you've all adopted the GHB as somehow Irish, when they are so Scots man! OUR pipes, are the Uillean pipes! The GHB, I love, but they are so Loud!
look, nypd and fdny associate themselves with ireland and irish culture/heritage/tradition, fuck all to do with scotland or any other country of extraction. the majority of officers and fire fighters are of irish decent. ignorent people should really clue in before ranting on youtube. on parade the tri colour is carried along with the nyc flag, the stars ans stripes and the police/fdny flag. most officers/fire fighters are members of emerald or irish societies.
You're obviously as ignorant as these Plastic Paddy yanks then! These are Great Highland Bagpipes, the pipers are wearing tartan kilts & dress sporrans, and Tam O'Shanter and Glengarries head wear, and even a few bloody army bearskins! And they're even playing "Scotland the Brave" FFS!
They've been to the Miltary Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle during the Festival, and stolen all their ideas, clearly!
Some of them are wearing orange sashes as well, I've even heard them play Garryowen & Sprig of Shillelagh, which is the march of the Ulster Defence Regiment - I don't know if that's conscious but I get the feeling these guys err more towards nationalist tendencies than loyalist ones haha.
Well that's just the cherry to top it all off, so it is!
I don't think for a 2nd, these Yanks are being Post-modern & ironic, they simply don't know any better! I mean, dressing up like the Scots Regiments of the British Army, playing the Great Highland Bagpipes, and throw in a few Loyalist tunes & sashes to top if off, ALL to celebrate their supposed "Irish" heritage??
There are only about 20 or so Grade One Bands in the world. Every August they compete at the World Championship in Glasgow. This year's winner was Field Marshal Montgomery from Northern Ireland. In 5th place was St. Lawrence O'Toole from Dublin. Go to the BBC web site. The bands from around the world - be it Northern Ireland or the Republic - always get a warm and appreciative welcomes in Scotland.
Itrish immigrants were only able to get jobs that most "americans did not want" (sounds familiar) The jobs of police and fireman were very dangerous and very very poorly paid and it was the Irish immigrants and their descendants who fought long and hard over the years in the labor movement to make the jobs of Police and Fireman into a good paying civil service union job with benenfits.
Right lets get this staight. Im scottish and i will be the first to tell you that the bagpipes were first seen in Rome and Egypt. Ireland also play them, as so do many countries around the world with a Scottish or Irish heritage. The scots on this shoupd stop trying to claim the pipes as our own! Music is for all. We did however create: the telephone, the t.v, the neumatic tire, insulin, penicillin, the bicycle, the steam train, the radar and so on so forth. =)
It is an absolute joke that they think they are Irish. EVERYTHING about that pipe band is Scottish. It's like a French group wearing Lederhosen. Pathetic really. These people have no idea about the culture they are performing.
It is an absolute joke that they think they are Irish. EVERYTHING about that pipe band is Scottish. It's like a French group wearing Lederhosen. Pathetic really.
@chadscotland The Irish also have kilts and bagpipes; in fact, I saw a bagpipe parade in Dublin a few years ago. My grandmother said that the Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scots, she was Irish. The Irish kilt is saffron; however, the police use whatever color their particular department wears.
@sylviekell The Irish have pipes, but they are different. These are Scottish Highland pipes. The band are wearing Sporons (Scottish). This band is based on a Scottish highland band wether you like it or not. As a Scot I find it offensive that you say this is Irish. It was clearly started by the Scots who moved to America. As was the Scots who signed the declaration of independence (majority Scots) it's a shame you don't realise it. Scots made your country not Irish. US Navy founded by a Scot.
@sylviekell These are not Irish pipes. The pipes you see in Ireland like this are Scottish pipes. Taken there by Scots and the British army who came to be known as Scots Irish by you in the States. What part of that don't you get? You are about as Irish as me. You are American, not Irish. Look at all the comments on this page. Nothing about this band is Irish. All of that is Scottish culture. I am Scottish and live in Scotland. I know my own culture when I see it ffs! Dumb Americans
Bagpipes have been in Ireland longer than in Scotland. Read some history. Scottish highland culture was ;invented'by the Victorians, Real, indigenous highland culture was crushed by the Scots themselves in the service of England and of course the English themselves. So lets chill and enjoy the skirl. BTW I'm a scot but from the borders
@chadscotland Bagpipes have long been in Irish culture and Scottish as well as other countries dumbass....esp the Irish warpipes used long ago which predate the GHB ....and the bagpipe orginates from the middle east just so u know.....
@chadscotland Don´t you know that Ireland has kilts as well? But unlike the Scottish tartans, Irish kilts are plain (single color) and folded all around whilst the Scottish kilts are only folded at the backside.
Hey, I'm a Dutchman and even I know that! Common knowledge, LOL
Don't get me wrong, but why the flag of a terrorist country, the Irish flag, were supposed to be fighting terrorism right? It just don't add up! It goes against everything I was taught. I don't dig it! Let's not forget pearl harbour. Terrorists are the enemy, and as far as I'm concerned anyone comes on to my yard with that flag is gonna get blown away. no fuckin messin.
@kook2222 ok, I am going to take a chance on responding, as a New Yorker:They display the Irish flag because a long time ago,the Irish made up the largest portion of the Police department.. Yet, the Irish were treated very poorly and for years dealt with Irish need not apply signs. In fact, a slang term for a police officer was, ''patty''. so displaying the Irish flag honors the history of NYPD and serves as a reminder of their struggle in the USA. The roots of the Irish run deep.
@moderadonna The slang term was "paddy," not patty. Paddy with two "d's" is the nickname for Patrick; patty with two "t's" is the nickname for Patricia. The police bagpipe bands are the Emerald Society bands, a club for Irish cops. They display the Irish flag because they are people of Irish heritage. Now, they may also have bagpipe bands not connected with the Emerald Society, but most of them are.
@moderadonna Native New Yorker here of both Irish and Scottish decent, you said it well. The Irish made up the majority of both the police and fire departments. This bagpipe tradition clearly represents the city's Celtic immigrants and their contributions.
@moderadonna AMEN!!! brother well said I used to live in new york, I lived there for the first 8 years of my life and I would do anything to go back and live there I miss it so much out here in wisconsin they dont do stuff like this and listening to this brings back so many memories.
@kook2222 Don't get me wrong, but since when is Ireland a terrorist country and the Irish tricolour a terrorist flag? If any flag's a terrorist flag it's the union jack and the white Ulster flag (where it should be yellow and without the crown as it is an Irish province)!
@kook2222 Ireland is not a terrorist country. If you are thinking of the IRA, they are a small group of about 200 people who were fighting for their freedom from England in Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland is not associated with England.
i wish for the life of me that you americans will learn to relise that the pipes and drums are from scotland and not ireland it is a scottish culture you show me in the history books in peace and in war the irish marching into battle playing pipes or even going to ireland and see them wearing kilts never will you see that this is an american thing watch real scottish pipe bands and learn a thing or two especially how to march
@gaelicscots Yup - Protestant Plantation of 1610 (or was it 1609) saw the Scots/English settle throughout Ireland, and it was many of these same people whom then emigrated to the USA in the latter half of the 1700's (predominantly in the south - south eastern portion of the States)...Technically they were the 1st "Irish" settlers in America.
@chadscotland Correcting someone is one thing...Belittling someone is something else...Try more of the former, and less of the latter if you wish to educate us on the proud Scottish culture...I'm all ears.
@chadstur1991 Is there any possibility of many Americans confusing the Irish with kilts/bagpipes due to the fact the "1st Irish" here in America were the Scotch-Irish?
May I point out that bagpipes were in Ireland a while before they came to Scotland, so technically America has done it's research correctly. Just thought you would want to know.
(and yes, Im Scottish so I know what I'm talking about)
The Great Highland Bagpipes are 100% scottish, hence the name. Uileann pipes are the irish version. but almost all bagpipes seen are great highland pipes, which are scottish. Kilts are shared, but the dress seen here is full highland regalia. That is formal dress in scotland where a tuxedo would be worn everywhere else, a scotsman will wear this. Great Highland Pipes go away back in scotland where they were used as a weapon to intimidate enemies, traditionally the english.
@mustangdrew If you'll notice the date of the parade, the timeframe and location should be familiar to you. This annual parade memorializes all those lost on 9/11, and occurs every year in proximity to 9/11. This year, the memorial parade will take place on 9/9. There is a concert on 9/10, and a massed band takeover of times square, and on 9/11 proper, a full Memorial at the WTC site.
Maybe we could argue about who invented the shoelace or the fingernail clipper and then call everyone names and disparage every ethnic heritage we can think of......yeah, I'm with you wubuck 79 on this.
Bagpipes (uileann pipes) are originally Irish, and kilts derive from Irish Gaelic clothing.
Both Highland Scot (Scotus being the Latin for IRISH) and Irish culture are Gaelic. Lowland Scottish culture is Anglic (hence they're language being an English dialect, Scots).
@Hammer332 Except all the bagpipes used in these marches are Great Pipes which originate in the Scottish Highlands. Furthermore different versions bagpipes in general are used by various cultures throughout Europe and so are not unique to a single tradition. The Tartan Kilt originated in the Scottish Highlands and was adopted by nationalist Irishmen in the last few centuries as a symbol of Celtic unity.
@Hammer332 As for Scotus meaning Irish, you aren't wrong, however the Romans used the term Pictus for the Inhabitants of Alba, and as they merged with the Gaelic colonists from Dal Raida the term Scot was extended. Interestingly enough the term Gael is a Brythonic term meaning pirate or raider, so its fun to see how terms change and adapt. Honestly the only point I meant to make is that the Pipe bands come from the Scottish tradition more so than the irish, though they certainly share heritage
@chadscotland you do understand that some of those "Monkey arse Americans" are of Scottish ancestry right? I mean honestly half my bloody family still lives in the highlands. dont think were all retarded just cuz one person shows ignorance.
@kingdomofdalriada Answered that already. Answered your other questions as well. You are determined that you are correct, apparently without doing any research. Having looking at your page, I see this is a common thread with you, so I am done. Not gonna get into a pissing contest. with a kid more than half my age who thinks he knows everything.
@kingdomofdalriada OHHHH, You are talking about the dress kilts you see at the Festivals. Gotcha. Just for your info, the dressy thing you described above has not been around that long (late 19th century during the Romantic period), it is the modern kilt and is essentially the bottom of the great kilt, which is a great deal of material folded about and over the head. There is a great deal of difference between a traditional great Kilt and a modern kilt. But many cultres have worn kilted
dress like apparel. Even the name kilt, from the Scots word "kilt" meaning to "tuck up clothes around the body" comes from the Norse kjalta, because of the Norse settlers who wore a similar kilted garment. As for your statement about the wrapping of material, you are wrong if you are talking about a non-dress kilt, or non-modern kilt. You think the Scots of old had dry cleaners and fancy machines with which to keep their pleats tight? Do some research that does not involve SCA books.
@kingdomofdalriada - Sorry mate, kilts have been around many many years prior to the Scots using them. And perhaps YOU should do some research prior to lecturing people. You can't get all your info from reruns of The Highlander.
@scottishnationalist but regardless, being the Irishman that I am, I enjoy wearing the Irish kilt about town with no underwear. If I feel like it, I defecate on the sidewalk without having to stop, especially if I'm in Scotland.
Musical instruments similar to bagpipes have been found in some ancient cultures as far afield as spain, but on the british side of things, bagpipes did originate in ireland.
@chadscotland sorry mate but you are totally wrong here. The Irish equivalent to the Kilt, the Leine has been in existance for years, carvings exist of people wearing kilt like clothes which date as far back and even further than that found in Scotland. The great Irish War Pipes (nearly identical to any bagpipe) pre-date the Highland Bagpipe FACT!! The fact is pipes and kilts are a shared culture. DEAL WITH IT.
@chadscotland Ya know what... why the fuck do you people even come on here and watch videos if all you do is bitch and complain? I wish youtube would block your asses!
@chadscotland Oh would you just shut the fuck up for once and enjoy the damn video?! For fucks sake you people bitch and complain about every fucking thing! It must suck to be you always being such an uptight asshole!
@chadscotland ok dumbass...Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from different regions throughout Europe, Northern Africa, the Persian Gulf, and the Caucasus.
First off if I am mistaken I apologize and there is no need to curse at me. Second I am a Scot. Third, I looked it up and the Irish did wear "kilts" but were called "mantles" Look it up yourself bawbag.
Im sorry to say but you are mistaken. The Irish did in fact wear kilts but they are not as well know as the Scots for doing so. The Irish kilts were of solid color as opposed to the tartans of the Scots.
I've been at the place several times... And there some stones, where each of them bare the name of a Clan... But there was also Klans and other Scots who joined the King.. and even a English Lord and his Men who joined on the Jacobite side... He was taken to the galley ( hope it spelled right ) by an english officer who was his own Son
Avajoyce is right about sertain use of language.... And further Avajoyce... Try Google and type Jacobite Rebellions or Battle of Culloden.... There is a complete list of klans and unit of the Royal forces joining the Battle of Culloden...
Two things....first, can someone PLEASE tell me how to reply to a comment and make it look like a comment to that post, rather than it showing up at the top??? And second....holy cow, how could a simple video of some pipers elicit some of the worst bashing I've read on youtube? You should be ashamed, watch your language........
I assume that the genlemen in the band at 2:40 and on are all cops? The emblems on their sleeves indicate that. Do we have Irish, Scottish, or a mix of the two. Gotta love those pipes!
Never vrong to be proud of its Heritage... All Americans any national heritage... Keep it that way....
Btw.... You Lads on British Soil can blaim The Duke of Cumberland and the King of Britain after the Jacobite rebellions...For all the Scottish Folkgroups around the world... After 1745 and until 1752- 54 they where forbidden to Pipe, weare Kilts and where exiled if they did...
AngusOnkel, now THAT I did not know....I had read up on the rebellions, didn't know about the pipes and kilts, do you have a link about that? I think my ancestors were some of the Grants that were exiled, or sold into West Indies slavery because of that uprising, and I'm looking for names. Thanks in advance if you can help.
I'm a Scot, born and bred, still living in the North East of Scotland and I for one think its magic that Americans, some of whose families left Scotland several generations ago still want to retain their roots. So if they want to wear kilts and play the pipes, good on them I say. I cant understand why you would want to insult people who could be your distant relatives and who still love our country.
No you and kingdom are wrong. You are blinkered bigots of a kind that I don't want to see in Scotland. Infact it wouldn't surprise me if you were both English.
Excuse me, when did i insult them? I like how you totally just invented in your own mind that i insulted them. I also love the "blinkered bigot", because obviously im a total racist and the like for wanting to protect history from people who believe they have some part of it, simply because they have an incredibly loose relation. Also, I am Scottish and the pure fact you are using English as some sort of insult makes me think you are infact the bigot here. Although i can't take you seriously.
Of course you insulted them. Are you too stupid to see you are offensive? Here is a group of people who identify with their roots here in Scotland, and then you come along and tell them, no, you cant be a Scot. I on the other hand appreciate that they are US citizens, but I admire that in their hearts they are Scots. You presumably want a pure blood nation of true Scots. The last bloke to want a pure race was some bloke in Germany. Remember, dark hair, wee moustache, big on speeches!
I missed the lesson about Hitler wanting a Scottish pure race. And he was more about a master race not a nation pure. I love the pure blood comment as you have no idea about my heritage. I think its hilarious that because i think that such a strenous link cannot make someone of a nation that im a new Hitler. You my friend are a delinquent who obviously cannot appreciate opinion. By your rules, Americans should all be American-British since we had most of the colonies.
there are more people of Scottish descent in America than there are in ALL of Scotland, don't begin this crap about how we're fucking with your heritage. It's ours too, you can share.
Great video. Great seeing all those bands. I hope a lot of you guys watching this video in North America are coming over to Scotland this year for the Homecoming. You'll have a great time and be made most welcome.
I was on the Isle of Skye 2 years ago and got drinking with a Clan Donald trip from the USA. Had a great night sampling lots of different malts. Wasn't feeling so great the next day though ;op
Thank God there are cultural experts like gaelicscots out there! There is someone who has never worn blue jeans and never listened to rock and roll music because only a "plastic yank" or "wannabe American" would do that! Europe has never hear of jeans or rock or rap or anything like that. You go around listening to piobreachd in nothing but a kilt right gael? In fact you don't even know what I'm saying here because you refuse to learn or speak english right? Dumbass!
got news pal, people talk like that all over you fuckin scab, now off to bed before mommy finds out youve been suckin off daddy! i wish youd come to the states, id box you fuckin face in, and leave you ta get raped in the Jamican Neighborhoods.
you say that because you've never been. if if you were here, you would never want to leave. it's ironic, the only time gay irish disney themed pubs come about is when fuckers like your faggot fathers come here and open them up. most of the pubs in my neighborhood are pre depression era stupid mutt
DKM ARE GAY-ill agree, they aint even from Boston- AM, from fuckin Southie, ever come to the states, stop down at D-street, i'll make your trip worth the time scab.
what are you?, 10 years old! better turn off the computer before mommy finds out what you've been doing scab. i run into fucks like you in the pub all the time. talk big words, but never follow through with any action! how about ya, you a scrapper? didnt think so cunt, probably some faggot farmer from Limmerick or Galway-fuck yourself scab!
hey there you fuckin mutt scab. by the way, i've been goin back and forth from the states to Ire and England for years now. no one has ever had the balls to tell me different over there. thats because piss head scabs like you are hiding in mommies house talking big shit on the computer!
yeah, thats why you all poor into the states from across the pond and fill up the Irish pubs here! i dont give a fuck about what you and mommy think about us here in the states. We dont celebrate pattys day here in the states cause of st patrick. do your history cunt, and youll see. by the way, my mom and her family are from Cork you dumb fuckin cunt. my fathers from Germnay-so go fuck yourself cunt.
all you cunts shut the fuck up, what-so once a family immigrates to another country, they should give up all there herritage and traditions? thats just great, then we can all be mutts with no history, or respect for our forefathers. huh sounds just joke all you cunts rambling on here! Im American Irish, German. Anyone who tells me different to my face gets a boot in theirs! What the fuck do you cunts care anyway? GO FUCKIN BOSTON!!!
its the same with irish, they all claim to be irish with 1/32 of them actually or smat daft. im a 1/4 irish yet i dont claim to be irish do i. americans need to get a grip and stop stealing all the british and irish traditions, theyl start playing rugby next!!
your a stupid bastard, and uneducated for that matter. in one way of thinking, should Germans forget about their past when they immigrate to another country? Should we all forget what our families endured, and the ultimate sacrifices they made to make a better life? on the Irish side of that, lets also remember the Brits didnt give us much of a choice did they-think about that for a minute before more shit runs from your mouth!
is this a special occasion or local holiday? i just wanted to know because i am from california so i dont know anything about this but it looks like an awesome cultural event.
Whats the name of the first song?
SPIRITAIR1 1 week ago
Irrelavant Scots and Irishmen from irrelavant countries, calling Americans "Plastic Paddies". Very amusing. Well, if it makes you feel like you matter in the world, go ahead. We in the U.S. couldn't care less what you bastardized Englishmen think.
Madmac96 1 week ago
that last band culdve used some tuning
abyssfan4ever 2 months ago
Scotland Forever .
rab1688 2 months ago
Absolutely fantastic, my heart was rippin out my chest watching this, thanx and All the best2012
rab1688 2 months ago
@ 0:36 nice chanter adjustment!
iParatrooper 2 months ago
a salute from the netherlands for all the brave mann and woman ho lost there life,s
tolletje298 4 months ago
I don't get the band playing in highland dress uniforms just making everything green is a bit Daft why don't the wear Irish dress? and head gear no disrespect intended just curious?
strathpipe 5 months ago
@strathpipe
Because they're confused, ignorant American Plastic paddies! The outfits are lifted wholesale from the Scots Regiments of the Brit army FFS!
And you can even hear them belting out "Scotland the Brave" towards the end! Believe me, they make the real Irish cringe.
DonegalRaymie201 3 months ago
@DonegalRaymie201 Yep I guess they are confused at that........Merry Christmas
strathpipe 3 months ago
@DonegalRaymie201
Being an ignorant Plastic Paddy with a background in the New York City Police Department with an Irish name as long as a nightstick perhaps I can help you understand what is going on here. In 1972 Amazing Grace became a hit on the radio, the Police Department at the time started using it a LOD funerals, then on other occasions, the number of Irish descendants on the was thinning out and it seemed at the time somewhat traditional.
MoveAlongThere 2 months ago
@MoveAlongThere
LMFAO! Please, let me get this straight?
So because "Amazing Grace", (a song with words by an Englishman, put to a Scots air!), was a commercial hit in the USA in '72, with a version played on bagpipes by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, (an old Regiment of the British Army FFS!), you Plastic Paddies, decided to embrace all things Scots, to express your proud Irish heritage???
Hell, you do our Ulster Loyalists proud, so you do!
DonegalRaymie201 2 months ago
@DonegalRaymie201
As to the uniforms what can I say, they are cops, they are cheap and could care less what they represent to you--Frankly I wish they would get back to Sousa who composes with counterpoint and doesn't sound like a herd of drowning goats. Just a matter of taste,
MoveAlongThere 2 months ago
@MoveAlongThere
It's not about what the uniforms, headwear & regalia represent to me, it's what they represent to the less ignorant world, and the REAL Irish in particular! You're celebrating your "Irish" heritage by embracing all things Scottish I'm afraid.
No one is saying that the GHB are easy to play well, but when they ARE played well, there's nothing quite like them! Your neighbours to the North have proven that admirably, Simon Fraser University multiple World Champions!
DonegalRaymie201 2 months ago
@DonegalRaymie201
Cheap army surplus suits and an excuse to drink too much. Maybe that's Irish heritage or a good reminder why so many got out of those dreary places. There are many in Tennessee who would make the same claims about what the Real Irish do to the banjo. I have a name from dead language which like the guys with Polish names always needs to be spelled out here. Amazing Grace is a hymn, appropriate at funerals.
MoveAlongThere 2 months ago
@MoveAlongThere
Christ, if you mean you have a Gaelic name, then that's FAR from a dead language, as it's still spoken & used on a daily basis in BOTH ireland & Scotland!
It amazes us no end, that you claim Irish descent, but have no interest in ANYTHING that's real & genuinely Irish?? Why???
DonegalRaymie201 2 months ago
@DonegalRaymie201
I know the bagpipe music? never changes Key and the music is a 1-5 progression if that's difficult to play well I'll just take your word for it. Real Irish means nothing here there weren't any Irish flags on Iwo Jima. and please look closely the presidents name only "irish", it's not -- really.
MoveAlongThere 2 months ago
@MoveAlongThere
It's just like accordian or mouth organ ability! Yes, it's easy to play badly, but a genuine "mouthie" player is just like a fiddle or pipes player: if you're good, you're good and it doesn't matter if you're a Scot or Irish, this is OUR instrument!
But, you've all adopted the GHB as somehow Irish, when they are so Scots man! OUR pipes, are the Uillean pipes! The GHB, I love, but they are so Loud!
DonegalRaymie201 2 months ago
Great video, love the bagpipers!
StrathendrickPiper 5 months ago
look, nypd and fdny associate themselves with ireland and irish culture/heritage/tradition, fuck all to do with scotland or any other country of extraction. the majority of officers and fire fighters are of irish decent. ignorent people should really clue in before ranting on youtube. on parade the tri colour is carried along with the nyc flag, the stars ans stripes and the police/fdny flag. most officers/fire fighters are members of emerald or irish societies.
lauracau1 5 months ago
@lauracau1
You're obviously as ignorant as these Plastic Paddy yanks then! These are Great Highland Bagpipes, the pipers are wearing tartan kilts & dress sporrans, and Tam O'Shanter and Glengarries head wear, and even a few bloody army bearskins! And they're even playing "Scotland the Brave" FFS!
They've been to the Miltary Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle during the Festival, and stolen all their ideas, clearly!
These are some seriously mixed up Yanks!
DonegalRaymie201 3 months ago
@DonegalRaymie201 The bear skins are the funniest.
Some of them are wearing orange sashes as well, I've even heard them play Garryowen & Sprig of Shillelagh, which is the march of the Ulster Defence Regiment - I don't know if that's conscious but I get the feeling these guys err more towards nationalist tendencies than loyalist ones haha.
CharlesDilkes 3 weeks ago
@CharlesDilkes
Well that's just the cherry to top it all off, so it is!
I don't think for a 2nd, these Yanks are being Post-modern & ironic, they simply don't know any better! I mean, dressing up like the Scots Regiments of the British Army, playing the Great Highland Bagpipes, and throw in a few Loyalist tunes & sashes to top if off, ALL to celebrate their supposed "Irish" heritage??
You couldn't make it up!
DonegalRaymie201 3 weeks ago
There are only about 20 or so Grade One Bands in the world. Every August they compete at the World Championship in Glasgow. This year's winner was Field Marshal Montgomery from Northern Ireland. In 5th place was St. Lawrence O'Toole from Dublin. Go to the BBC web site. The bands from around the world - be it Northern Ireland or the Republic - always get a warm and appreciative welcomes in Scotland.
bergkamp48 6 months ago
what are the first two tunes called?
epicbassdude 6 months ago
Itrish immigrants were only able to get jobs that most "americans did not want" (sounds familiar) The jobs of police and fireman were very dangerous and very very poorly paid and it was the Irish immigrants and their descendants who fought long and hard over the years in the labor movement to make the jobs of Police and Fireman into a good paying civil service union job with benenfits.
skittlesareyum48 6 months ago
Irish?? Bluddy ell noe!!
coyoteself 6 months ago
OH MY GOD! NYPD plays "Hills of Tyrol" so beautifully =')
HighOnLife1985 6 months ago
Right lets get this staight. Im scottish and i will be the first to tell you that the bagpipes were first seen in Rome and Egypt. Ireland also play them, as so do many countries around the world with a Scottish or Irish heritage. The scots on this shoupd stop trying to claim the pipes as our own! Music is for all. We did however create: the telephone, the t.v, the neumatic tire, insulin, penicillin, the bicycle, the steam train, the radar and so on so forth. =)
yermaww94 10 months ago
@yermaww94 The Scots are not claiming they own the bagpipe. The highland bagpipe is uniqely Scottish however.
ScottishCaledonian 7 months ago
It is an absolute joke that they think they are Irish. EVERYTHING about that pipe band is Scottish. It's like a French group wearing Lederhosen. Pathetic really. These people have no idea about the culture they are performing.
townie76 10 months ago
@townie76 What low-class comments you have just made. You know nothing about me.
sylviekell 10 months ago
It is an absolute joke that they think they are Irish. EVERYTHING about that pipe band is Scottish. It's like a French group wearing Lederhosen. Pathetic really.
townie76 10 months ago
@chadscotland The Irish also have kilts and bagpipes; in fact, I saw a bagpipe parade in Dublin a few years ago. My grandmother said that the Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scots, she was Irish. The Irish kilt is saffron; however, the police use whatever color their particular department wears.
sylviekell 11 months ago
@sylviekell The Irish have pipes, but they are different. These are Scottish Highland pipes. The band are wearing Sporons (Scottish). This band is based on a Scottish highland band wether you like it or not. As a Scot I find it offensive that you say this is Irish. It was clearly started by the Scots who moved to America. As was the Scots who signed the declaration of independence (majority Scots) it's a shame you don't realise it. Scots made your country not Irish. US Navy founded by a Scot.
townie76 10 months ago
@townie76 I am Irish. These pipes are also in Ireland, have you ever been there?
sylviekell 10 months ago
@sylviekell These are not Irish pipes. The pipes you see in Ireland like this are Scottish pipes. Taken there by Scots and the British army who came to be known as Scots Irish by you in the States. What part of that don't you get? You are about as Irish as me. You are American, not Irish. Look at all the comments on this page. Nothing about this band is Irish. All of that is Scottish culture. I am Scottish and live in Scotland. I know my own culture when I see it ffs! Dumb Americans
townie76 10 months ago
Bagpipes have been in Ireland longer than in Scotland. Read some history. Scottish highland culture was ;invented'by the Victorians, Real, indigenous highland culture was crushed by the Scots themselves in the service of England and of course the English themselves. So lets chill and enjoy the skirl. BTW I'm a scot but from the borders
MrSuperkrap 1 year ago
@chadscotland Bagpipes have long been in Irish culture and Scottish as well as other countries dumbass....esp the Irish warpipes used long ago which predate the GHB ....and the bagpipe orginates from the middle east just so u know.....
SuperTinkerhell 1 year ago
aah, the sweet sound of kick ass music on a cool new york day. just perfect..
werwr4 1 year ago
@chadscotland
Go on son........
.Alba gu bràth
rigancigan 1 year ago
@chadscotland It sucks when bad English is on display in the highest rated section. "Are" you sure you doubled checked your post lmao
wirthlesswill 1 year ago
@chadscotland Don´t you know that Ireland has kilts as well? But unlike the Scottish tartans, Irish kilts are plain (single color) and folded all around whilst the Scottish kilts are only folded at the backside.
Hey, I'm a Dutchman and even I know that! Common knowledge, LOL
PSVfanaat 1 year ago
@chadscotland This monkey arse American hold rights to three Scottish clans..............................
TXAXEISTA 1 year ago
I wish that our police officers in Stockholm, Sweden had one.
With greetings from a musician of Police Volunteers in Stockholm
gladacalle 1 year ago
Don't get me wrong, but why the flag of a terrorist country, the Irish flag, were supposed to be fighting terrorism right? It just don't add up! It goes against everything I was taught. I don't dig it! Let's not forget pearl harbour. Terrorists are the enemy, and as far as I'm concerned anyone comes on to my yard with that flag is gonna get blown away. no fuckin messin.
kook2222 1 year ago
@kook2222 ok, I am going to take a chance on responding, as a New Yorker:They display the Irish flag because a long time ago,the Irish made up the largest portion of the Police department.. Yet, the Irish were treated very poorly and for years dealt with Irish need not apply signs. In fact, a slang term for a police officer was, ''patty''. so displaying the Irish flag honors the history of NYPD and serves as a reminder of their struggle in the USA. The roots of the Irish run deep.
moderadonna 1 year ago 24
@moderadonna The slang term was "paddy," not patty. Paddy with two "d's" is the nickname for Patrick; patty with two "t's" is the nickname for Patricia. The police bagpipe bands are the Emerald Society bands, a club for Irish cops. They display the Irish flag because they are people of Irish heritage. Now, they may also have bagpipe bands not connected with the Emerald Society, but most of them are.
sylviekell 11 months ago
@sylviekell Ok, thank you for correcting me on the slang term.......
moderadonna 11 months ago
@moderadonna Native New Yorker here of both Irish and Scottish decent, you said it well. The Irish made up the majority of both the police and fire departments. This bagpipe tradition clearly represents the city's Celtic immigrants and their contributions.
mcgriff009 4 months ago
@moderadonna irish and italians made up most of nypd and fdny since they were both created. They did the jobs no one else would.
supercuse11 3 months ago
@moderadonna AMEN!!! brother well said I used to live in new york, I lived there for the first 8 years of my life and I would do anything to go back and live there I miss it so much out here in wisconsin they dont do stuff like this and listening to this brings back so many memories.
SPIRITAIR1 1 week ago
@kook2222 Don't get me wrong, but since when is Ireland a terrorist country and the Irish tricolour a terrorist flag? If any flag's a terrorist flag it's the union jack and the white Ulster flag (where it should be yellow and without the crown as it is an Irish province)!
PSVfanaat 1 year ago
@kook2222 Ireland is not a terrorist country. If you are thinking of the IRA, they are a small group of about 200 people who were fighting for their freedom from England in Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland is not associated with England.
sylviekell 11 months ago
i wish for the life of me that you americans will learn to relise that the pipes and drums are from scotland and not ireland it is a scottish culture you show me in the history books in peace and in war the irish marching into battle playing pipes or even going to ireland and see them wearing kilts never will you see that this is an american thing watch real scottish pipe bands and learn a thing or two especially how to march
halkburn 1 year ago
Still not welcome in Scotland NYPD pipes and drums fudz.
FozzieFaeCumbersneky 1 year ago
@gaelicscots Yup - Protestant Plantation of 1610 (or was it 1609) saw the Scots/English settle throughout Ireland, and it was many of these same people whom then emigrated to the USA in the latter half of the 1700's (predominantly in the south - south eastern portion of the States)...Technically they were the 1st "Irish" settlers in America.
FMichael1970 1 year ago
@FMichael1970 The English Plantation of Ireland, Scots were sent to settle there by William of Orange, hence the name "Orangemen."
sylviekell 11 months ago
@sylviekell And the Orangemen still march thru Catholic towns celebrating the victory.
FMichael1970 11 months ago
@chadscotland Correcting someone is one thing...Belittling someone is something else...Try more of the former, and less of the latter if you wish to educate us on the proud Scottish culture...I'm all ears.
FMichael1970 1 year ago
@chadstur1991 Is there any possibility of many Americans confusing the Irish with kilts/bagpipes due to the fact the "1st Irish" here in America were the Scotch-Irish?
FMichael1970 1 year ago
@kingdomofdalriada I'm from Scotland aswell!
lollipop897912 1 year ago
@kingdomofdalriada I have done research, I'm learning Scottish history at school.
Plus by using offensive language isn't proving anything, just means you upset someone and pretty much insult them.
Try and earn some respect.
lollipop897912 1 year ago
I'm Scottish, and the Americans are correct. The tartan and bagpipes were in Ireland before Scotland.
lollipop897912 1 year ago
@chadscotland
Oh no! Sound the alarm!
An American didn't know the correct origin of the bagpipe!
Who fuckin' cares?
milleralive 1 year ago
@milleralive because might of being you´r ancesters
thetoplap 1 year ago
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Skorndar 1 year ago
There are Irish bagpipes and kilts however the pipes are played sitting, and the kilts are one colored.
Drumsinstopmotion 1 year ago
May I point out that bagpipes were in Ireland a while before they came to Scotland, so technically America has done it's research correctly. Just thought you would want to know.
(and yes, Im Scottish so I know what I'm talking about)
lollipop897912 1 year ago
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lollipop897912 1 year ago
The Great Highland Bagpipes are 100% scottish, hence the name. Uileann pipes are the irish version. but almost all bagpipes seen are great highland pipes, which are scottish. Kilts are shared, but the dress seen here is full highland regalia. That is formal dress in scotland where a tuxedo would be worn everywhere else, a scotsman will wear this. Great Highland Pipes go away back in scotland where they were used as a weapon to intimidate enemies, traditionally the english.
OlympicScientist 1 year ago 2
So the pipes are Scotch. But the cops are Irish (and black, Puerto Rican, Jewish, Italian,etc.)
kaplanr 1 year ago
Wow, so many angry posting about stuff that really doesn't matter.
Postie218 1 year ago
Is this a event every year? If so where and when is the next one? Id love to see it in person.
mustangdrew 1 year ago
@mustangdrew If you'll notice the date of the parade, the timeframe and location should be familiar to you. This annual parade memorializes all those lost on 9/11, and occurs every year in proximity to 9/11. This year, the memorial parade will take place on 9/9. There is a concert on 9/10, and a massed band takeover of times square, and on 9/11 proper, a full Memorial at the WTC site.
fpsndiver 11 months ago
Maybe we could argue about who invented the shoelace or the fingernail clipper and then call everyone names and disparage every ethnic heritage we can think of......yeah, I'm with you wubuck 79 on this.
tincangunner 1 year ago
These comments are so typical. People on youtube get so damned pissy over shit that really doesn't matter. It never ceases to amaze me.
wubuck79 1 year ago
One of the great things about wearing the uniform is things like this along with the brotherhood.
mustangdrew 1 year ago
@chadstur1991
Bagpipes (uileann pipes) are originally Irish, and kilts derive from Irish Gaelic clothing.
Both Highland Scot (Scotus being the Latin for IRISH) and Irish culture are Gaelic. Lowland Scottish culture is Anglic (hence they're language being an English dialect, Scots).
Learn before you write nonsense.
Hammer332 1 year ago
@Hammer332 Except all the bagpipes used in these marches are Great Pipes which originate in the Scottish Highlands. Furthermore different versions bagpipes in general are used by various cultures throughout Europe and so are not unique to a single tradition. The Tartan Kilt originated in the Scottish Highlands and was adopted by nationalist Irishmen in the last few centuries as a symbol of Celtic unity.
asmodeon 1 year ago
@Hammer332 As for Scotus meaning Irish, you aren't wrong, however the Romans used the term Pictus for the Inhabitants of Alba, and as they merged with the Gaelic colonists from Dal Raida the term Scot was extended. Interestingly enough the term Gael is a Brythonic term meaning pirate or raider, so its fun to see how terms change and adapt. Honestly the only point I meant to make is that the Pipe bands come from the Scottish tradition more so than the irish, though they certainly share heritage
asmodeon 1 year ago
@chadscotland you do understand that some of those "Monkey arse Americans" are of Scottish ancestry right? I mean honestly half my bloody family still lives in the highlands. dont think were all retarded just cuz one person shows ignorance.
Nick22pr 1 year ago
What is the name of the song they're playing at the 5:00 mark?
geekboy65 1 year ago
@kingdomofdalriada Answered that already. Answered your other questions as well. You are determined that you are correct, apparently without doing any research. Having looking at your page, I see this is a common thread with you, so I am done. Not gonna get into a pissing contest. with a kid more than half my age who thinks he knows everything.
Whitelitr 1 year ago
@kingdomofdalriada OHHHH, You are talking about the dress kilts you see at the Festivals. Gotcha. Just for your info, the dressy thing you described above has not been around that long (late 19th century during the Romantic period), it is the modern kilt and is essentially the bottom of the great kilt, which is a great deal of material folded about and over the head. There is a great deal of difference between a traditional great Kilt and a modern kilt. But many cultres have worn kilted
Whitelitr 1 year ago
dress like apparel. Even the name kilt, from the Scots word "kilt" meaning to "tuck up clothes around the body" comes from the Norse kjalta, because of the Norse settlers who wore a similar kilted garment. As for your statement about the wrapping of material, you are wrong if you are talking about a non-dress kilt, or non-modern kilt. You think the Scots of old had dry cleaners and fancy machines with which to keep their pleats tight? Do some research that does not involve SCA books.
Whitelitr 1 year ago
@kingdomofdalriada - Sorry mate, kilts have been around many many years prior to the Scots using them. And perhaps YOU should do some research prior to lecturing people. You can't get all your info from reruns of The Highlander.
Whitelitr 1 year ago
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@scottishnationalist but regardless, being the Irishman that I am, I enjoy wearing the Irish kilt about town with no underwear. If I feel like it, I defecate on the sidewalk without having to stop, especially if I'm in Scotland.
JERI0K 1 year ago
Musical instruments similar to bagpipes have been found in some ancient cultures as far afield as spain, but on the british side of things, bagpipes did originate in ireland.
flargle1967 1 year ago
@kingdomofdalriada I have and I am Irish
hpa2005 1 year ago
loved seeing all the old police vehicles too!!
mattl135 1 year ago
@chadscotland actually the bagpipes and kilts are Irish
hpa2005 1 year ago
A parade in New York, would never be the same without the bagpipes.
moderadonna 1 year ago
lmfao ask a Irishman to show u his Kilt ..get ready 4 a punch in the face ..Irish DON'T wear kilts never have NEVER will !
fkn pig yanks think u know it all u know fk all
Annasavi 1 year ago
@chadscotland Where do you live.
GermBritScotsIrish15 1 year ago
Ever think that they could take after scots irish?
GermBritScotsIrish15 1 year ago
@chadscotland sorry mate but you are totally wrong here. The Irish equivalent to the Kilt, the Leine has been in existance for years, carvings exist of people wearing kilt like clothes which date as far back and even further than that found in Scotland. The great Irish War Pipes (nearly identical to any bagpipe) pre-date the Highland Bagpipe FACT!! The fact is pipes and kilts are a shared culture. DEAL WITH IT.
FairIsFair100 1 year ago
ahh bostons finest they are one hell of a crew
TheScarecrow141 1 year ago
@chadscotland Ya know what... why the fuck do you people even come on here and watch videos if all you do is bitch and complain? I wish youtube would block your asses!
journeyway86 1 year ago
@chadscotland Oh would you just shut the fuck up for once and enjoy the damn video?! For fucks sake you people bitch and complain about every fucking thing! It must suck to be you always being such an uptight asshole!
journeyway86 1 year ago
@chadscotland Guess about the same time you become a superpower...oh shit that means we will never get things right.
Well I guess we shall forever take pride in getting it wrong but still excelling in the world.
SpenzOT 1 year ago
@chadscotland ok dumbass...Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from different regions throughout Europe, Northern Africa, the Persian Gulf, and the Caucasus.
pacononame 2 years ago
The Bagpipe came to Scotland with The Scotty's from Scotia ( Nortern Ireland ) ... Before that Scotland's name was Caledonia and settled with Pict's
AngusOnkel 2 years ago
offence* thought you were British?
(and it's "you're" too)
tb4911 2 years ago
fea f.....ng azerbayjan, you cunt..........
rigancigan 2 years ago
lol
SIRSMITH08 2 years ago
actually the celtics wore nothing way back in the day they rode into battle naked and painted blue on horses man no shit true story
Sykoangelo 2 years ago
Woads.
spartanses 2 years ago
fffffffffriiigin yanks........
rigancigan 2 years ago
I am not going to continue this debate. Read a book now and then!
nephilium67 2 years ago
First off if I am mistaken I apologize and there is no need to curse at me. Second I am a Scot. Third, I looked it up and the Irish did wear "kilts" but were called "mantles" Look it up yourself bawbag.
nephilium67 2 years ago
Im sorry to say but you are mistaken. The Irish did in fact wear kilts but they are not as well know as the Scots for doing so. The Irish kilts were of solid color as opposed to the tartans of the Scots.
nephilium67 2 years ago
Bagunça do caralho!!!
elilampiao 2 years ago
America is dividing into 2 Classes, Super Rich and Super Poor
BuffaloTPU 2 years ago
sorry chadstur1991 but bagpipes and tartan are both irish and scottish because it is generaliy classed a celtic, which is both irish and scotish
epicbassdude 2 years ago
Cool beans, bagpipes are neat. Nice video. =)
AnotherSchmoe 2 years ago
its Irish too thats why they had the Irish flag.
deelaregina 2 years ago
Why are some foreign flags represented?
fake1009 2 years ago
DUDE SHUT UP...America is the melting pot of the world.
pacononame 2 years ago 3
I've been at the place several times... And there some stones, where each of them bare the name of a Clan... But there was also Klans and other Scots who joined the King.. and even a English Lord and his Men who joined on the Jacobite side... He was taken to the galley ( hope it spelled right ) by an english officer who was his own Son
AngusOnkel 2 years ago
Avajoyce is right about sertain use of language.... And further Avajoyce... Try Google and type Jacobite Rebellions or Battle of Culloden.... There is a complete list of klans and unit of the Royal forces joining the Battle of Culloden...
AngusOnkel 2 years ago
Two things....first, can someone PLEASE tell me how to reply to a comment and make it look like a comment to that post, rather than it showing up at the top??? And second....holy cow, how could a simple video of some pipers elicit some of the worst bashing I've read on youtube? You should be ashamed, watch your language........
avajoyce 2 years ago
I assume that the genlemen in the band at 2:40 and on are all cops? The emblems on their sleeves indicate that. Do we have Irish, Scottish, or a mix of the two. Gotta love those pipes!
avajoyce 2 years ago
hey check out scottish band
third connection , simple things
cheers
johnleggat 2 years ago
So whats the name of the first song there?
Fighter303 2 years ago
They are more proud to be "Scottish" than the Scottish in UK...
AngusOnkel 2 years ago
Never vrong to be proud of its Heritage... All Americans any national heritage... Keep it that way....
Btw.... You Lads on British Soil can blaim The Duke of Cumberland and the King of Britain after the Jacobite rebellions...For all the Scottish Folkgroups around the world... After 1745 and until 1752- 54 they where forbidden to Pipe, weare Kilts and where exiled if they did...
AngusOnkel 2 years ago
AngusOnkel, now THAT I did not know....I had read up on the rebellions, didn't know about the pipes and kilts, do you have a link about that? I think my ancestors were some of the Grants that were exiled, or sold into West Indies slavery because of that uprising, and I'm looking for names. Thanks in advance if you can help.
avajoyce 2 years ago
Gaelicscots, awa an bile yer heid. Yer an erse
Ginandor 2 years ago
I'm a Scot, born and bred, still living in the North East of Scotland and I for one think its magic that Americans, some of whose families left Scotland several generations ago still want to retain their roots. So if they want to wear kilts and play the pipes, good on them I say. I cant understand why you would want to insult people who could be your distant relatives and who still love our country.
Ginandor 2 years ago 4
0:34 first guy is my dad.
rushingspirit28 2 years ago 2
kingdomofdaliriada is totally right in every possible way.
You are from wherever you are born.
Stop pretending. At most you are Scottish decent, but you are NOT Scottish. You are American.
funzyapple 2 years ago
No you and kingdom are wrong. You are blinkered bigots of a kind that I don't want to see in Scotland. Infact it wouldn't surprise me if you were both English.
Ginandor 2 years ago
Excuse me, when did i insult them? I like how you totally just invented in your own mind that i insulted them. I also love the "blinkered bigot", because obviously im a total racist and the like for wanting to protect history from people who believe they have some part of it, simply because they have an incredibly loose relation. Also, I am Scottish and the pure fact you are using English as some sort of insult makes me think you are infact the bigot here. Although i can't take you seriously.
funzyapple 2 years ago
Of course you insulted them. Are you too stupid to see you are offensive? Here is a group of people who identify with their roots here in Scotland, and then you come along and tell them, no, you cant be a Scot. I on the other hand appreciate that they are US citizens, but I admire that in their hearts they are Scots. You presumably want a pure blood nation of true Scots. The last bloke to want a pure race was some bloke in Germany. Remember, dark hair, wee moustache, big on speeches!
Ginandor 2 years ago
I missed the lesson about Hitler wanting a Scottish pure race. And he was more about a master race not a nation pure. I love the pure blood comment as you have no idea about my heritage. I think its hilarious that because i think that such a strenous link cannot make someone of a nation that im a new Hitler. You my friend are a delinquent who obviously cannot appreciate opinion. By your rules, Americans should all be American-British since we had most of the colonies.
funzyapple 2 years ago
I don't see me insulting anyone btw, care to cite the example?
funzyapple 2 years ago
scottish people in the UK are just a bunch of drunks!!!!!!!
biggurs 2 years ago
there are more people of Scottish descent in America than there are in ALL of Scotland, don't begin this crap about how we're fucking with your heritage. It's ours too, you can share.
brohan914 2 years ago
Great video. Great seeing all those bands. I hope a lot of you guys watching this video in North America are coming over to Scotland this year for the Homecoming. You'll have a great time and be made most welcome.
I was on the Isle of Skye 2 years ago and got drinking with a Clan Donald trip from the USA. Had a great night sampling lots of different malts. Wasn't feeling so great the next day though ;op
RobQos 2 years ago
Thank God there are cultural experts like gaelicscots out there! There is someone who has never worn blue jeans and never listened to rock and roll music because only a "plastic yank" or "wannabe American" would do that! Europe has never hear of jeans or rock or rap or anything like that. You go around listening to piobreachd in nothing but a kilt right gael? In fact you don't even know what I'm saying here because you refuse to learn or speak english right? Dumbass!
CopInAKilt 2 years ago
Brilliant.
Yeevle 2 years ago
as much as you are a fucking dirty mutt scab-that is pretty funny!
copperkrone 2 years ago
got news pal, people talk like that all over you fuckin scab, now off to bed before mommy finds out youve been suckin off daddy! i wish youd come to the states, id box you fuckin face in, and leave you ta get raped in the Jamican Neighborhoods.
copperkrone 2 years ago
you say that because you've never been. if if you were here, you would never want to leave. it's ironic, the only time gay irish disney themed pubs come about is when fuckers like your faggot fathers come here and open them up. most of the pubs in my neighborhood are pre depression era stupid mutt
copperkrone 2 years ago
DKM ARE GAY-ill agree, they aint even from Boston- AM, from fuckin Southie, ever come to the states, stop down at D-street, i'll make your trip worth the time scab.
copperkrone 2 years ago
what are you?, 10 years old! better turn off the computer before mommy finds out what you've been doing scab. i run into fucks like you in the pub all the time. talk big words, but never follow through with any action! how about ya, you a scrapper? didnt think so cunt, probably some faggot farmer from Limmerick or Galway-fuck yourself scab!
copperkrone 2 years ago
hey there you fuckin mutt scab. by the way, i've been goin back and forth from the states to Ire and England for years now. no one has ever had the balls to tell me different over there. thats because piss head scabs like you are hiding in mommies house talking big shit on the computer!
copperkrone 2 years ago
yeah, thats why you all poor into the states from across the pond and fill up the Irish pubs here! i dont give a fuck about what you and mommy think about us here in the states. We dont celebrate pattys day here in the states cause of st patrick. do your history cunt, and youll see. by the way, my mom and her family are from Cork you dumb fuckin cunt. my fathers from Germnay-so go fuck yourself cunt.
copperkrone 2 years ago
all you cunts shut the fuck up, what-so once a family immigrates to another country, they should give up all there herritage and traditions? thats just great, then we can all be mutts with no history, or respect for our forefathers. huh sounds just joke all you cunts rambling on here! Im American Irish, German. Anyone who tells me different to my face gets a boot in theirs! What the fuck do you cunts care anyway? GO FUCKIN BOSTON!!!
copperkrone 2 years ago
We care because it's our heritage.
samliffe 2 years ago
isn't that what i just said?
copperkrone 2 years ago
Nope
samliffe 2 years ago
Wot a shilo pite
RidseardMhicCoinnich 2 years ago
That could be seeing how there's more bagpipers in Canada than anywhere else in the world including Scotland.
dukenukem252 2 years ago
its the same with irish, they all claim to be irish with 1/32 of them actually or smat daft. im a 1/4 irish yet i dont claim to be irish do i. americans need to get a grip and stop stealing all the british and irish traditions, theyl start playing rugby next!!
samliffe 2 years ago 4
To right man, Honestly i think these are sacred traditions that should only be played on home soils.
XShasLaX 2 years ago
your a stupid bastard, and uneducated for that matter. in one way of thinking, should Germans forget about their past when they immigrate to another country? Should we all forget what our families endured, and the ultimate sacrifices they made to make a better life? on the Irish side of that, lets also remember the Brits didnt give us much of a choice did they-think about that for a minute before more shit runs from your mouth!
copperkrone 2 years ago
Why do they carry the Canadian flag? Cultural reasons? Or just because there might be Canadians in the crowd?
dukenukem252 3 years ago
to represent the people on the force who have canadian backgrounds.
Beanieman54 3 years ago
Why are the carrying a republican flag.
XShasLaX 2 years ago
and you are not a good reader...did I say I was a scot?
hank1231 3 years ago 3
yank PIG?
maybe I'm not so proud to have Scottish ancestors if they were anything like you...
hank1231 3 years ago 2
Anybody know about the parade? is it being held this year 2009? what location/date? thanks
jmhs866 3 years ago
is this a special occasion or local holiday? i just wanted to know because i am from california so i dont know anything about this but it looks like an awesome cultural event.
sfields619 3 years ago
I say:LISTEN TO THE BAGPIPES AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN HAEVEN!!
MAXTHEASTARTES 3 years ago
anyone know the name of the song at the beginning?
Yankees2743 3 years ago
The Rakes of Mallow then the 5/4 Cullen Bay
GwaiiEagle1 3 years ago