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BAGPIPES (gaidhealtachd (early context (decline of filidh/harpists (pipes…

- - - - pipes on the ascendancy
      - not universal - praise/dispraise poetry
  - - - association of person & event
  - - - travelling lifestyle
      - no regularity of suppression
    - - stirling 1648
        
        no more than 15 people & no pipers
- - - - a lot earlier than Scotland
  - - - small pipes/with bag
  - - - community identity
    - - national & international warfare
      - development of Highland identity
        
        post-reformation & post-union of crowns
        
        events crucial to cultural & social development
- - - - not just support, but fighting too
- - - - connection to harping tradition
      - Cheape - Book of Dean of Lismore
        
        later developments/initial introduction?
      - ireland the wellspring of traditions
        
        entirely Scottish?
- - - - importance beyond nationalistic events?
      - piece of culture 'put on'?
    - - notability an invented tradition distorted & perpetuated