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Fiosrachadh mun phìobaire aig Mac Iain agus a shliochd.

Contributors
Date 02 September 1954
Track ID 55972
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1954.133.5

Original Tape ID

SA1954.133

Summary

Information about MacDonald of Glencoe's piper and his descendants.

MacDonald of Glencoe's piper was a Henderson. On the night of the massacre, he fled with the heir. He carried him for eighteen miles over the hills in his plaid, playing the pipes all the way until he arrived at a friend's house. When he had delivered the heir safely he broke the drones of his pipes over his knee. He never played again.

There has been a piper in each generation of that family of Hendersons ever since, including the contributor. There are only two of these Henderson families left in Ardnamurchan today [1954]. Information about another Henderson piper the contributor met. He was descended from the same man.

Recording Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Ardnamurchan

Village/Place - Acharacle

Item Location

County - Argyllshire

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good