Saffron Kilt and Irish Regiment of Canada

[dfmacliam]

I have found this website dealing with Irish Pipers.. check out the Galleries and see the new and old photos of Irish Pipers... also look at Gallery #5 and note the print of a painting of an Inniskilling Fusiliers Piper from 1870.
Irish WarPiper Home Page
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Gallery 6

[beloitpiper]

I have found this website dealing with Irish Pipers.. check out the Galleries and see the new and old photos of Irish Pipers... also look at Gallery #5 and note the print of a painting of an Inniskilling Fusiliers Piper from 1870.
Irish WarPiper Home Page
Gallery 1
Gallery 2
Gallery 3
Gallery 4
Gallery 5
Gallery 6

Speaking of Irish warpipes, a guy I know, Ringo Bowen, has a set. He is also a teacher at the Midwest School of Piping every summer.

[macwilkin]

I have found this website dealing with Irish Pipers.. check out the Galleries and see the new and old photos of Irish Pipers... also look at Gallery #5 and note the print of a painting of an Inniskilling Fusiliers Piper from 1870.
Irish WarPiper Home Page
Gallery 1
Gallery 2
Gallery 3
Gallery 4
Gallery 5
Gallery 6

That's Dave Gallagher's site -- he's an Irish piper in St. Louis. I'll have to ask him where that particular print comes from. I'd like to see the sources for the depiction. It doesn't appear to be a contemporary piece.

T.

[macwilkin]

In keeping with the theme of this thread, there is another Commonwealth Irish regiment whose pipers wore the saffron kilts: The South African Irish Regiment.

http://www.rfc.org.za/RFCRegions/Gau...8/Default.aspx
http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol061ob.html
http://uk.geocities.com/projects_sentinel/pchap08.html
http://www.sairish.co.za/index1.html

FAUGH A BALLAGH -- Clear the Way!*

*Also the cry of the Irish Brigade at Fredericksburg, 1862

T.

[macwilkin]

http://1rli.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/piper-irish.jpg

http://1rli.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/sidi-138.jpg

http://1rli.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/0231.jpg

From: http://1rli.wordpress.com/2007/

There are a number of photos of the SA Irish on this blog for the Rand Light Infantry, along with some good photos of the Transvaal Scottish. The photos were taken at the Drumhead Service for The Battle of Sidi Rezegh in 1941:

http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.pat...htm#SidiRezegh

Regards,

Todd

[Highlander31]

I have found this website dealing with Irish Pipers.. check out the Galleries and see the new and old photos of Irish Pipers... also look at Gallery #5 and note the print of a painting of an Inniskilling Fusiliers Piper from 1870.
Irish WarPiper Home Page
Gallery 1
Gallery 2
Gallery 3
Gallery 4
Gallery 5
Gallery 6

Thanks for posting that site peacekeeper. I have always liked the sound of the Irish Warpipes. Perhaps one of our pipers could explain why the difference in tone between the Great Highland Pipes and the Irish Warpipes.

[beloitpiper]

Thanks for posting that site peacekeeper. I have always liked the sound of the Irish Warpipes. Perhaps one of our pipers could explain why the difference in tone between the Great Highland Pipes and the Irish Warpipes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_w...ghland_Bagpipe

http://www.bagpipeworld.co.uk/Britis...les/BrBoru.htm

Basically, the difference is two drones instead of three. And if you're using the Brian Boru chanter which can have up to fourteen keys could be fitted making it fully chromatic from low E to high c#. The GHB have only 9 notes.

[Highlander31]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_w...ghland_Bagpipe

http://www.bagpipeworld.co.uk/Britis...les/BrBoru.htm

Basically, the difference is two drones instead of three. And if you're using the Brian Boru chanter which can have up to fourteen keys could be fitted making it fully chromatic from low E to high c#. The GHB have only 9 notes.

Thanks beloitpiper.