"Scotland's national instrument, the Bagpipe or in Gaelic "piob-mhor" (the great pipe) is not, contrary to
          popular belief, an instrument which has its origins in and has diffused from Scotland. The bagpipe is an
          instrument of great antiquity, an instrument which has its origins in the Middle East and traveled
          through and evolved in Europe alongside the diffusion of early civilization.

          The "Oxford History of Music" makes mention of the first documented bagpipe being found on a Hittite
          slab at Eyuk. This sculptured bagpipe has been dated to 1,000 B.C. Biblical mention is made of the
          bagpipe in Genesis and in the third Chapter of Daniel"


Copied off of a website - but it is interesting to notice that like the Irish books on the subject state, the bagpipes were long in use and widespread before the 7 hills became Rome. IOW Rome is out, finito
caput a waste of time ....