Irelandscapes | Scottish Piper, Bangor Sunset - N Irish Traditional Music Scenes @Irelandscapes | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
Great to meet this very dedicated lady piper from Aberdeenshire attending a local competition with her fifteen strong ensemble. She chose this evocative piece to end the day and celebrate their coming second in the competition. Another lady was there to listen too - her sister, who inspired their lifelong interest in the pipes. The scenery here features the gorgeous sunset visible from Bangor Seafront - it stretches all the way to Ballyholme to the East making a for a pleasant walk or just pick a spot on a harbour wall or sit on soft grass amongst the coastal rocks and enjoy the view.
Scots and Irish have been crossing the sea here to each other's settlements here for two millennia. In modern history, Bangor itself was administrative centre for the private plantation of wealthy Scot James Hamilton, a former aide to King James VI of Scotland and later James I of England. At the close of the Nine Years War between England and Ireland in 1603, James took a more traditional approach to the 'Irish problem', favouring an autonomous, Western Highland laird-style arrangement (like that of the noble Huntleigh) in Ulster using the existing Irish nobility. It was his preference to make this arrangement with the Gaelic lords, but they themselves decided to make flight for Europe, distrustful of the English Parliament with whom James as King had offered to negotiate on their behalf.
Great to meet this very dedicated lady piper from Aberdeenshire attending a local competition with her fifteen strong ensemble. She chose this evocative piece to end the day and celebrate their coming second in the competition. Another lady was there to listen too - her sister, who inspired their lifelong interest in the pipes. The scenery here features the gorgeous sunset visible from Bangor Seafront - it stretches all the way to Ballyholme to the East making a for a pleasant walk or just pick a spot on a harbour wall or sit on soft grass amongst the coastal rocks and enjoy the view.
Scots and Irish have been crossing the sea here to each other's settlements here for two millennia. In modern history, Bangor itself was administrative centre for the private plantation of wealthy Scot James Hamilton, a former aide to King James VI of Scotland and later James I of England. At the close of the Nine Years War between England and Ireland in 1603, James took a more traditional approach to the 'Irish problem', favouring an autonomous, Western Highland laird-style arrangement (like that of the noble Huntleigh) in Ulster using the existing Irish nobility. It was his preference to make this arrangement with the Gaelic lords, but they themselves decided to make flight for Europe, distrustful of the English Parliament with whom James as King had offered to negotiate on their behalf.
