I've been playing bagpipes for 10+ years now and I still don't understand how they got the Irish association when the instrument most people think of (great highland bagpipes) is 100% a Scottish instrument. As someone else said, there are Irish bagpipes, but it's not what most people think of when they are imagining bagpipes.
Like St. Patrick's Day should not have bagpipes associated with it, but I make a lot of money in March so I'm not going to complain.
I've been playing bagpipes for 10+ years now and I still don't understand how they got the Irish association when the instrument most people think of (great highland bagpipes) is 100% a Scottish instrument. As someone else said, there are Irish bagpipes, but it's not what most people think of when they are imagining bagpipes.
Like St. Patrick's Day should not have bagpipes associated with it, but I make a lot of money in March so I'm not going to complain.
In america, a lot of "irish" settlers were from ireland after moving there from Scotland, and brought scotch musical traditions with them