The Scottish Pipers’ Association has a 102 year history from its founding on January 10, 1920. It all came about from a regular informal gathering of pipers on a Saturday afternoon in the back shop of Peter Henderson Bagpipes in Glasgow. And that gathering was just part of a 19th […]
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NPC appoints Mulhearn as Head of Piping Studies
The National Piping Centre today appointed John Mulhearn as its Head of Piping Studies. John, pictured, takes over from Finlay MacDonald who held the post for many years and who took the helm as the Glasgow-based organisation’s Director of Piping at the end of May. John Mulhearn has worked as […]
The Highland Society of London’s Bicentenary Piping Competition, 1981
By Captain John MacLellan The year 1781 has much more significance to piping than the fact that it was the first time that a properly organised competition for ceòl mòr was held. As to the past, we can only surmise that competitions were held – none are on record. Apart […]
From the archives: SPA 1984 – and controversy at the Worlds
Following on from the Scottish Pipers’ Association’s (SPA) successful centenary night at The National Piping Centre Otago Street, today we feature an item from the December 1984 Piping Times. Angus J. MacLellan was President of the SPA back then and in that edition of the PT he wrote a report […]