LORD CASTLETOWN OF UPPER OSSORY, K.P., (the mac gill a padraig), the descendant of the kings of ossory, a votary and patron of hush pipe music, as a small tribute of esteem. Preface. To most persons the bagpipe is associated with the strident skirl of an instrument inseparably bound up with memories of " bonnie Scotland." But when it i s remember ed that the genesis of the pipes goes back to the remotest antiquity, and that the instrument can rightly be claimed as the precursor of the organ, the raison d'etre of a work l ike the present stands in need of no apology. Yet, strange to say (as was al so the case of The Story of the Harp), no handy volume has hithert o been accessible deal ing wi th the history of the bagpipe, though, of course, various phases of the instrument have from time to time been treat ed by foreign and British authors. Mr. J. F. Rowbotham would have us believe that the drmn is the oldest of all instruments; but I see no reason in li fe why the pipe cannot claim a si milar antiquity. The primitive form of reed blown by the mouth must date back to a very early period i n the world's history, and Mr. St. Chad Boscawen assures us tnat there are Chaldean scul ptures of about B.C. 4000 with a represent ation of the pipes. Egypt and Persia gave the lead to Greece and Rome, and, as a matter of fact , beating reeds have been di scovered within the pipes found in Egyptian mummy cases. The Pandean Story of the Bagpipe pipe was merely a development of the simple reed-pipe, and it is now ascertained that the ancient Egyptians employed the bagpipe drone. Coming down to modern times, the bagpipe was the fashionable instrument at the French court under Louis XIV. It will probably surprise some Phili stines of our day (who scoff at t he bagpipe) to hear that the titled dames of France at the close of the sevent eenth century pr oudly carried round their pipes i n white sil k cases with pale pi nk ribbons, and played on the musette. And surely those who have read the histories of the Highl and regiments will admit that the martial ardour inspired by the piob mor contr ibuted not a little to the many victories on record. The Highland pipes were in evidence at Assaye, Ci udad Rodrigo, Vi ttoria, Vimiera, Quatr e - Bras, Waterloo, and other engagements. Simil arly, the Irish pipes were effectively heard at Fontenoy. In the following pages I have endeavoured to tell the story of t he bagpipe, and to weave the known facts of its history into a connected narrat ive. For much kind hel p in preparing this volume I must express my indebtedness to Lord Castletown, Mr. W. J. Lawrence, the Rt. Hon. Dr. M. F. Cox, the late Dr. Watson, Mr. Henry Egan Kenny, Mr. Bruge Armstrong, Mr. F. J. Bigger, and Mr. J. J. Buckley. WM. H. GRATTAN FLOOD. E.NNISCORTHY, October^ igii. Contents. CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF THE BAGPIPE. PAGE
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