Thanks to everyone who responded to our Whisky Galore article at the end of last week. Not possible to respond personally to everyone’s emails so a collective ‘thank you’ to you all. I asked for the name of the piper pictured and then posed a quiz question: ‘Who wrote the book and who was his piper?’ A few were caught out by that, assuming that the piper in the film…
To Dublin tonight for tomorrow’s All-Ireland Solos.The Championships are under the joint auspices of the Irish Pipe Band Association and the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (Northern Ireland Branch) and will be held in Trinity Comprehensive School, Ballymun, Dublin. For those going along, Piping is at 10am and Drumming at 11. Here are the current champions: Senior Piping: Ashley McMichael, Field Marshal Montgomery Senior Drumming: Michael McKenna, St. Laurence O’Toole Piobaireachd A: Graham Drummond,…
The medals and trophies belonging to one of the greatest pipers of all time are to go on sale to the general public. Donald MacPherson’s unprecedented collection of Northern Meeting Clasps, Silver Stars and trophies representing his 15 Senior Piobaireachd wins at the Argyllshire Gathering will go on sale at auction in October. The picture above shows one of the six Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society Silver Stars won by Donald…
A week from now pipers from all over the world will converge on the town of Oban in the West Highlands for the annual Argyllshire Gathering piping competitions. Wednesday, August 26, sees the piobaireachd competitions with categories for the young professional, the MacGregor Memorial, the Silver Medal, Gold Medal and Senior Piobaireachd for previous winners. In the evening we hear the peak of professional ceol beag with the Former Winners’ March,…
SILVER CHANTER: 5th AUGUST 2015 By Angus Nicol The 49th annual MacCrimmon Memorial piobaireachd competition, for the much coveted Silver Chanter, was held as always at Dunvegan Castle on 5th August 2015. The six pipers, four of whom had already won the Silver Chanter in years gone by, were selected from those who had won the major piping awards during the previous twelve months. This made the event, as the…
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