Soulful Bagpipes? Yes.

[Murrmurr]

 

[Murrmurr]

@Aunt Marg

 

[hollydolly]

I'm Scottish Born and raised...I hate the bagpipes....*arrggghh****

 

[Aunt Marg]

Just lovely!

Thank you for this, Mur!

I've been to a couple of funerals where bagpipes were played, and let me tell you, that was tough.

Here is a wonderful video I'm sure will speak to you as deeply as it does to me.

 

[Murrmurr]

I'm Scottish Born and raised...I hate the bagpipes....*arrggghh****

My son went to Ireland a couple years ago and did a little research on my heritage. He said he's pretty sure my dad was Scotch-Irish, but Irish heritage is usually impossible to trace back accurately. I love bagpipe music, regardless.

 

[Murrmurr]

 

[Aunt Marg]

Does that cut to your soul, Mur, or does that cut to your soul?

Absolutely beautiful.

 

[Murrmurr]

Does that cut to your soul, Mur, or does that cut to your soul?

Absolutely beautiful.

People think it's odd that I can get a little choked up when I hear bagpipes, but it happens sometimes.

Here's one that's a little different, though...a little more fun.

 

[Aunt Marg]

People think it's odd that I can get a little choked up when I hear bagpipes, but it happens sometimes.

Here's one that's a little different, though...a little more fun.

Flowers of the Forest, got to me at the very start.

For those of us who understand the bagpipes and appreciate them, it's not odd for people to get emotional, at least I don't find it odd.

 

[Murrmurr]

Flowers of the Forest, got to me at the very start.

For those of us who understand the bagpipes and appreciate them, it's not odd for people to get emotional, at least I don't find it odd.

Yeah, classic Celtic bagpipe music in particular is mostly about connecting with nature. family, and fellows. I guess that comes through for me.

 

[Lewkat]

I love bagpipes. The Irish in me, I guess.

 

[bowmore]

Flowers of the Forest, got to me at the very start.

For those of us who understand the bagpipes and appreciate them, it's not odd for people to get emotional, at least I don't find it odd.

It was explained to me by a piper that it is a dirge for the clansmen lost at the Battle of Culleden Moor.
I have been there and seen the monument to the clans.

 

[bowmore]

I had stopped at Glencoe, site of the Cameron massacre, and there was a lone piper playing there. It was haunting

 

[hollydolly]

My son went to Ireland a couple years ago and did a little research on my heritage. He said he's pretty sure my dad was Scotch-Irish, but Irish heritage is usually impossible to trace back accurately. I love bagpipe music, regardless.

Scotch is whisky... Scottish.. is the word you mean...

I am Scottish born and bred to Scottish parents and Irish grandparents...who made their way to Scotland during the Irish potato famine ..I've found where my grandparents came from in Ireland and where they first arrived in Scotland...

 

[Murrmurr]

Scotch is whisky... Scottish.. is the word you mean...

I am Scottish born and bred to Scottish parents and Irish grandparents...who made their way to Scotland during the Irish potato famine ..I've found where my grandparents came from in Ireland and where they first arrived in Scotland...

oops...Scot-Irish is what I should've said.

Some of my family say that my Irish ancestors went to Nova Scotia during the potato famine.
I think my Irish people mixed with the Scots well before the potato famine, though. Back when England sent some Scottish folks to colonize (and civilize the folks of) Ireland.

 

[Aunt Marg]

It was explained to me by a piper that it is a dirge for the clansmen lost at the Battle of Culleden Moor.
I have been there and seen the monument to the clans.

Very interesting.

Thank for posting about, Bowmore.