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The history of the Argyllshire Gathering, part 23

The history of the Argyllshire Gathering, part 23

Daily News, Features

1951 By Jeannie Campbell MBE In 1951, competitors for the Argyllshire Gathering’s Open Piobaireachd competition had to offer four tunes, MacDougalls’ Gathering, John GarveMacLeod of Raasay’s Lament, The Daughter’s Lament, Lachlan MacNeill Campbell of Kintarbert’s Fancy. The Gold Medal competitors were to submit six tunes of their own choice. John […]

Some memories of a ‘Penny-and-a-Piobaireachd’, 63 years on

Some memories of a ‘Penny-and-a-Piobaireachd’, 63 years on

Features

The ‘penny-and-a-piobaireachd’ was the famous feu payment made by the College of Piping each summer for land at Boreraig on Skye, the ancestral home of the famous MacCrimmon piping dynasty. The background to what was for many years an annual event was given in the Piping Times of July 2016. […]