Pipe Major John ‘Jock’ McLellan DCM’s 150th anniversary is being celebrated in 2025 and his hometown of Dunoon in Argyll is currently formulating plans for a major event. Jock’s music is so widely known in the piping community that pipers around the world may want to celebrate the man and […]
For the second year running, Cowal Highland Gathering (CHG) has been cancelled. The Board met today and took the decision in light of the continuing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. CHG chairman, Ronnie Cairns said: “This was the announcement no-one wanted to make, but in order to protect the safety of competitors, […]
Road to the Isles was composed by John McLellan of Dunoon in 1891 when he was a young boy of 16. However, he called it The Bens of Jura. McLellan’s mother, Mary Darroch was born at Keils in Jura, and his father, Neil McLellan, came from the nearby island of […]
