![]() Heard often over the years from some male pipers, i.e. Highlands women certainly did play, especially after the harp went out of use,Īnd they were sometimes proficient too.” The patronising tone in that last statement is redolent of a sentiment That although the bagpipe “appears rather an unfeminine instrument yet in the To superintend the instruction of the students at the college for pipers and Their son, John was a skilled piper and violinist.Īngus MacKay also wrote that the MacCrimmon daughters were able in his absence She was a talented piper and marriedĪ Skyeman, Malcolm Nicolson. Intricacies of a piobaireachd.” Her half sister, Euphemia was the youngestĭaughter of Iain Dubh by his second wife. Wrote in 1838 that she was then “a worthy gentlewoman who now keeps a schoolįor females at Dunvegan” and “is at the present day able to go through the She was a proficient piper and married a MacKinnon. Was not aware of this and remarked that, “Duncan had excelled himself!” BessĮlizabeth MacCrimmon was a daughter of Iain Dubh One occasion, Bess deputised for her husband at a dinner given by MacLean. ![]() Great Rankin family of hereditary pipers to the MacLeans of Duart and Coll. She was an accomplished piper and married Duncan Rankin, one of the last of the In Scotland, there is evidence that some of the MacCrimmonĭaughters were pipers and three of the MacCrimmon ladies are known by name.īess MacCrimmon was the daughter of Donald Donn (the youngest son of Patrick Òg). ![]() Who made it into the history books were those employed either as pipers to aįamous person or those involved in military activity and these careers were not Of knowing how many women were pipers in bygone centuries as the only pipers Moving on to more recent history, there is no way Even she was not the first woman piper as an early mummy was found by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter in 1910-11 and she had a whole case of reed pipes beside her in the mummy case. The richest of the coffins, and the only one to bear a name was that of the lady, Maket in which the pipes were found. Sir William Flinders Petrie made the find in 1889-90 when a dozen coffins were found in a tomb dating from the 19 th or 20 th dynasty – about 3,000 years ago. To find her we must go back to Al Lahun in Egypt where a set of double pipes was found in a mummy case beside the owner. It is an interesting and little known fact that the first piper in the world’s history whose name is known to us was a woman. Her article, below, is based on a series she wrote for the Piping Times in 2006 but is up to date and without some minor errors that appeared originally. To mark International Women’s Day, we asked piping historian, author and retired curator of the Museum of Piping, Jeannie Campbell MBE to write about women in piping. Today, you are either a piper or you’re not. Today, the piping world is vastly different. Back then, it was fairly rare, but not unknown, to see women in pipe bands as well. Anne Johnston (née Sinclair) was the first female recipient of the Silver Medal. It was only in the early 1970s that The Argyllshire Gathering and The Northern Meeting accepted female competitors in the Gold Medal and Silver competitions. We certainly have come along way since the bad old days of “blinkered sentiment” surrounding women competing in piping competitions. It’s a day that will be marked all around the world to reflect the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day.
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