Morag of Dunvegan - Gibson Fireside Pipes

Morag of Dunvegan was one of the first bagpipe tunes I learned to play. I added the recorded tracks of guitar and keyboard just for fun! Love Comments
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Translation of Gaelic
by J. Mark Sugars

1. The young maiden to whom I gave a song of praise
Won a victory over my virtues,
And until I am laid in my grave
I shall praise my Morag.

2. When I take a trip to Fortress Harbor
I shall see her likeness in every flower,
And the birds will be paying court to me
And they will be continually praising Morag.

3. And when I play the bagpipes
As is my wont and as I ought,
All the music that will go through my fingers
Will be continually praising Morag.

4. I shall build for my love
A little cottage along the beach,
And in Dunvegan of the heroes and chieftains
I shall marry my Morag.


Dunvegan Castle is the oldest continuously inhabited castle in Scotland and has been the stronghold of the Chiefs of MacLeod for nearly 800 years. Built on a rock, it has survived clan battles, the extremes of feast and famine and the profound social, political and economic changes through which the Western Highlands and Islands have passed.
Among all the historic houses of Scotland there is none that for sheer manifold fascination overtops Dunvegan Castle.
It is at once the greatest and most renowned among Hebridean strongholds, and the only one which has been continuously owned and (with the exception of the eighty years after the Potato Famine of the last century) occupied by the same family, during a period now reaching back over a span of very nearly 8 centuries. Architecturally it is a structure of high importance, containing work of at least ten building periods. Its history, and that of the famous Clan whose Chiefs have ruled from their castled Rock during all these many generations, is rich with drama and packed with colourful interest.
Within Dunvegan's stately halls are priceless heirlooms, some of which have descended in the hands of the Chiefs of MacLeod since medieval times.
picturesque quality of the building itself is matched by its glorious surroundings. "Ane starke strengthe biggit upon ane craig", so it is described by a writer of 1549; and so it still remains. Rising sheer from the almost perpendicular edges of the rock, its massive grey towers and hoary battlements stand forth against an unrivalled background of sky and mountain and islet-spangled sea. On the landward side the castle - no longer girt by the bare wine-dark moorland, as when Dr Johnson visited it in 1773 - is now sheltered by extensive and thriving plantations, through which re-echoes the ceaseless murmur or"Rory Mor's Nurse" - that 'torrent's roaring might" celebrated by Sir Walter Scott in the Lord of the Isles. Around those waterfalls are being reclaimed today the gardens of the castle, whose beauty and range of plant life have already attracted the interest of serious gardeners from all over the world.
But if you wish to seek out the authentic spirit of the Isles you will find her enthroned at Dunvegan, where the castle and its contents embody the essence of all that Gaeldom has meant in the Highlands of Scotland.

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[BagpiperGermany]

Great Sound and nice playing. Greetings

[stevethrasher]

@BagpiperGermany Thank you!

[edmundmb]

Hey Steve sounds Great. Keep up the good practice

[stevethrasher]

@edmundmb Thank you for the nice comment.

[barkingseapig]

that was awesome Thanks again

[stevethrasher]

@barkingseapig

Glad you liked the song.....

[MegaDc1992]

sounds amazing, beautiful tune, beautiful country, all in all amazing video. cheers from Canada

[mob79]

great job! sounds great!



[mrzontar101]

sounds awesome, keep up the good work

[jmurf999]

Beautiful and thanks for the history...

[BillyHamilton]

Wonderful.

[Ipiper2]

Had to stop , listen, and watch this one. Would like to hear more. The smallpipes

sound great.

Gary