Reading Mick's post - fair play ta ya M :) - reminded me of an answer to the claim that the Uillean Pipes were really English because the word 'Chanter' is English - ' if the Guitar evolved from the African Lute, does that make the Guitar an African invention'

Clearly it doesn't.


"One does not need /to blame/"
is yer English history a litte hard to take? the hangins of Irish pipers and all that messy ugly stuff that makes ye so feared and hated to this day in Ireland?

"the illegalization of bagpipes"
the bagpipes were not outlawed, playing them was.

" more insane bs"

What can an intelligent independent observer say or think about such as Nerd? Does this Nerd have an adgenda perhaps? Attacking the Irish or any other easy prey?

"where bagpipes were never outlawed or even discouraged"
How would you know anything about something as irrelevant as two sheep
... ummm er .. in one small corner of England where no records were ever kept and what is more..NOW I am getting excited ...

Phew, actualy Mr Knowall you are wrong - all bagpiping was banned in the Kingdom several times and what is more I know more about it than you, so shuddup what you know nuttin ...

"Making smaller, quieter, bellows-blown
pipes was simply a way to create a parlor instrument".   

Yer also a wee bit daft Jochk!

The idea of a Parlour in an Irish Mudcottage of the period is as credible as indoor plumbing in a Scottish Mudcottage of same the period - say nowt about English cottages.

And if you had the common sense to go read the actual
papers of the Crown, you might also be aware that the ban was a response to public disorder.

"... (removed too funny) "

Your credentials now so tattered that the rest of yer offering is here for public amusement
"True that the Irish would not need to borrow the bellows itself, but the
idea of blowing a bagpipe with a bellows also
does not >seem<"

Oh I dunno - you don't 'seem' to sure of yer facts ... lol

"to have been Irish in origin."