It helps to have a Drum Major in the lead so the front line of pipers can keep in step in case there’s any confusion ! Love the bass drummer with the green beaters.
Great show! I especially enjoyed the snare drums street beat remembering back to the years in high school when I was part of the percussion section of our marching band
@@aislingirish4503 For reference all full dress inherently comes from the military traditions of the British Army (nowadays with the Irish Army carrying that on too) I'll start at the bottom and work up: - These pipers are wearing brogues (or similar) with white spats which are a Scottish tradition stemming from the Highland regiments of the British army. Irish Pipers in both the British and Irish armies wear Buckled shoes - I'll concede, the Hose they're wearing (effectively socks) are fairly similar to Irish hose but the flashes are traditionally saffron not green on Irish full dress but there's a bit of leeway there - The Kilts I can't see properly but from what I've seen in other videos they wear green tartan and pass it off as Irish. With the exception of a handful of tartans, tartan is a quintessentially Scottish thing. Irish pipers in both the British and Irish armies wear Saffron kilts. From what I've seen elsewhere they do wear Saffron plaids in the NYPD which is good that they wear Saffron but not so good that they're wearing plaids as Irish pipers wear green capes instead - The Sporrans they wear are Horse Hair ceremonial sporrans, another quintessentially Scottish thing. Irish pipers often wear a plain leather sporran or no sporran at all - These pipers are wearing Highland doublets (you can tell by the patterns on the cuffs, the wings on the shoulders and the pockets at the bottom). Irish pipers wear their own form of tunic that omits these features -And finally the headdress is a Scottish Balmoral Bonnet/Tam o Shanter. Irish pipers wear the traditional Caubeens instead. This one can be somewhat excused as much of the diaspora has opted for the Scottish headdress in daywear but full dress should really have a Caubeen instead TL:DR - There's very little on this uniform that is actually Irish. You can't just slap some green on Highland dress and call it Irish. No disrespect to the NYPD but do it properly
Pipe bands in the Gaelic Tradition (Ireland, Scotland, the US, Canada, etc.) wear Scottish-looking garb when they march. Not because they’re Scottish, but because that’s how pipe bands dress. That's the tradition. Theoretically, piping runs back to the Irish mists, the Tuatha De Danaans, the Red Branch, but the pipers we see on our streets now are part of a tradition no older than 1902. The Highland Pipes we know today were called war pipes in Ireland. But after Sarsfield and the Siege of Limerick in 1691, there were no Gaelic warrior clans left in Ireland (that’s right, all the murdering done afterwards was to farmers, fishermen, cattlemen, and shop keepers), and none in Scotland after Culloden (1746). When the clans disappeared so did their pipes. The only piping anyone heard after that was if the British Army came tramping up your street. And that would only have been after 1854 when pipers attached to British regiments were first recognized by the War Office. What we see now is a hybrid: Irish, Scottish, and British. Particularly the clothes! Scottish tartans always referred to a specific place, or clan, or entity, which is still the case, but now you have to register them with some ministry in London or Edinburgh. The Irish, by contrast, never wore kilts, or tartans, and while they’ve adopted them in modern times for parades, they have their own registry in Dublin. The plain orange kilts (or saffron kilts) worn by the Irish Defense Forces and a few other Irish pipe bands are meant to put a question to rest - them or us? - while harkening back to Ireland’s ancient Gaelic past; but they do the opposite in my view. They’re as confounding as they are dull. (Reconsidering my views about this at the moment. Even starting to look for them!) But anyway, Scotland is the Holy Land of piping now. That’s why kilts! Scots created the piobaireachd - the pipers’ encyclopedic hit parade! They have the best outreach, the best schools, a majority of the top competition bands, lots of the best pipers, and nearly all the best pipe makers, plus all the main piping societies. But naturally, there’s controversy here too. The Scottish tradition is really a mixture of Irish traditional tunes and musical forms (jigs, reels, airs, marches, and hornpipes), with Scottish strathspeys, harp and fiddle tunes from the Hebrides and beyond, and British military drumming, uniforms, presentation styles, and fanfare added in. Some critics say the British contributions are not welcome because they dilute and distort what would otherwise be a pristine indigenous art form. But without these “colonial” vestiges - bearskin hats, gauntlet cuffs, chevrons, epaulettes, military drills - how would piping even be fun? Ironically, it’s the British Army that whipped all this together by working sub-rosa in 1902 with a select group of scholars professing to know every last thing about piping (except where it comes from) for the purpose of building an unshakable foundation for piping in its Scottish homeland - a military unit clearly underrated as a hotbed of frivolity, subversion, and mischief. Johnny Walker spats? Drum corps? Baldricks? Who would have thought? And while this last bit about the army is generally kept quiet, it needn’t be. It’s staring us right in the face! Gaels in glengarry caps and badges, scarlet tunics with yellow facing holding Scottish ground against imperialists from the south? Not bloody likely! But it doesn’t matter now. Water under the bridge. The Irish “war pipes,” the “great pipes” of the sea-faring Gaels and their fearsome highland progeny, pìob mhòr in the old language, Highland Pipes in the new. Meaning, I think, the old antipathies have finally begun to cool. Things change. The center doesn’t hold. And it’s looking like it’s all for the better, pretty much. So we don’t know if the first pipes were Irish or Scottish - (Irish obviously) - but not knowing gives everyone a leg up and a side in the fight. The Uilleann Pipes, which featured so prominently in “Braveheart,” and which are Irish, aren’t used in marching bands at all. They’re played sitting down with the drones laid across your lap and a chanter spanning two octaves, where the Highland pipes have a range of just seven notes. In the world of Highland piping today, Glasgow is Mecca. The snowy City on a Hill. The place where God descends every August, rain or shine, to preside over the World’s. And God is merciless, say the Calvinists (who have pretty good reasons to think so). Of course, the Irish have their own traditions too especially in the States, with Emerald Societies on practically every corner, fire brigades, military contingents, weddings, memorials, parades, funerals, festivals, graduations, sporting events, competitions… the University of Chicago is one of 60 American colleges with pipe bands and tartans registered overseas. Carnegie Mellon’s another. And of course Notre Dame. Statistically, there are more "Irish" pipers in the world than "Scottish” - (see if Scopes doesn’t agree)- and a growing number around the planet who are neither. But when it comes to the piping canon, the how-tos and whys, the Callies have the first and last word.
Not many people in new york speak irish these days When the proud irish pilgrims arrived in the late 1800s on the bogflower they all spoke irish but the language died in new york the ancestral homeland of the irish pilgrims a lot more people speak spanish in new york these days than irish or even english if we are being honest with ourselves
I married a proud Irishman and my father-in-law is retired NYPD. You don’t have to be Irish to love these guys.. they are simply THE BEST! ❤
If your husband is a proud Irishman, as I am, he would cringe ar this spectacle. More Scottisn.
Maith an cailín Cristina ☘️
@@Karl_with_a_K Faugh a Ballagh.
@@arthurmiskelly857Your a clown😂
bagpipes? Scottish i think??? Defo not irish. Maybe american???
This makes so proud to be the granddaughter of a 100 percent Irishman! Miss you everyday Pop Corn - May your Irish Eyes always be smiling through !
It helps to have a Drum Major in the lead so the front line of pipers can keep in step in case there’s any confusion !
Love the bass drummer with the green beaters.
They don't get the credit they deserve 🇮🇪🇺🇸💯👍🍀
Wear de Jameson whiskey ❤💚🤍💯
Great show! I especially enjoyed the snare drums street beat remembering back to the years in high school when I was part of the percussion section of our marching band
Song: USMC Hymn Halls of Montezuma
It then segues into “Kelly the boy from Killane” a well known Irish rebel song commemorating the Rebellion of 1798.
Amen! So beautiful and so proud!
Awe boys ....... amazin ....... seen that the day ........ from the north of Ireland ...... i salute yous
Love it. Great job by all
My favourite !
Powerful, make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up! ☘️
Great stuff , up the Irish
Brilliant..
Irish ☘️ is the best
impressive indeed
💚💚💚
Nice one 😊
2ND TO NONE...LOOKING GOOD BOYS
What is the name of the first tune?
The Marine corps hymn
@@timothystanton3126 thank you 🙏
Why? Are they in full Scottish Highland attire?
There not the Scottish and Irish marching attire is very similar
@@aislingirish4503 I mean it's not really similar at all...
@@shanebowden7114 explain so
@@aislingirish4503
For reference all full dress inherently comes from the military traditions of the British Army (nowadays with the Irish Army carrying that on too)
I'll start at the bottom and work up:
- These pipers are wearing brogues (or similar) with white spats which are a Scottish tradition stemming from the Highland regiments of the British army. Irish Pipers in both the British and Irish armies wear Buckled shoes
- I'll concede, the Hose they're wearing (effectively socks) are fairly similar to Irish hose but the flashes are traditionally saffron not green on Irish full dress but there's a bit of leeway there
- The Kilts I can't see properly but from what I've seen in other videos they wear green tartan and pass it off as Irish. With the exception of a handful of tartans, tartan is a quintessentially Scottish thing. Irish pipers in both the British and Irish armies wear Saffron kilts. From what I've seen elsewhere they do wear Saffron plaids in the NYPD which is good that they wear Saffron but not so good that they're wearing plaids as Irish pipers wear green capes instead
- The Sporrans they wear are Horse Hair ceremonial sporrans, another quintessentially Scottish thing. Irish pipers often wear a plain leather sporran or no sporran at all
- These pipers are wearing Highland doublets (you can tell by the patterns on the cuffs, the wings on the shoulders and the pockets at the bottom). Irish pipers wear their own form of tunic that omits these features
-And finally the headdress is a Scottish Balmoral Bonnet/Tam o Shanter. Irish pipers wear the traditional Caubeens instead. This one can be somewhat excused as much of the diaspora has opted for the Scottish headdress in daywear but full dress should really have a Caubeen instead
TL:DR - There's very little on this uniform that is actually Irish. You can't just slap some green on Highland dress and call it Irish. No disrespect to the NYPD but do it properly
@@shanebowden7114 yeah the irish dont have bagpipes
Let us preserve all Christian traditions and leave the communist EU. Warm greetings to all Irish, Scots, Welsh, and English from a Croatian.
Why do you have to make something this beautiful about religion?!
Amen Brethren, time to get our countries and culture back.
Salutes from an italian in Uk
This is in New York City, being performed by NYPD cops. What does any of this have to do with Christian tradition or the EU.
i had no idea mexicans could play the bagpipe
also they are scottish not irish guys?
Pipe bands in the Gaelic Tradition (Ireland, Scotland, the US, Canada, etc.) wear Scottish-looking garb when they march. Not because they’re Scottish, but because that’s how pipe bands dress. That's the tradition. Theoretically, piping runs back to the Irish mists, the Tuatha De Danaans, the Red Branch, but the pipers we see on our streets now are part of a tradition no older than 1902. The Highland Pipes we know today were called war pipes in Ireland. But after Sarsfield and the Siege of Limerick in 1691, there were no Gaelic warrior clans left in Ireland (that’s right, all the murdering done afterwards was to farmers, fishermen, cattlemen, and shop keepers), and none in Scotland after Culloden (1746). When the clans disappeared so did their pipes. The only piping anyone heard after that was if the British Army came tramping up your street. And that would only have been after 1854 when pipers attached to British regiments were first recognized by the War Office. What we see now is a hybrid: Irish, Scottish, and British. Particularly the clothes! Scottish tartans always referred to a specific place, or clan, or entity, which is still the case, but now you have to register them with some ministry in London or Edinburgh. The Irish, by contrast, never wore kilts, or tartans, and while they’ve adopted them in modern times for parades, they have their own registry in Dublin. The plain orange kilts (or saffron kilts) worn by the Irish Defense Forces and a few other Irish pipe bands are meant to put a question to rest - them or us? - while harkening back to Ireland’s ancient Gaelic past; but they do the opposite in my view. They’re as confounding as they are dull. (Reconsidering my views about this at the moment. Even starting to look for them!) But anyway, Scotland is the Holy Land of piping now. That’s why kilts! Scots created the piobaireachd - the pipers’ encyclopedic hit parade! They have the best outreach, the best schools, a majority of the top competition bands, lots of the best pipers, and nearly all the best pipe makers, plus all the main piping societies. But naturally, there’s controversy here too. The Scottish tradition is really a mixture of Irish traditional tunes and musical forms (jigs, reels, airs, marches, and hornpipes), with Scottish strathspeys, harp and fiddle tunes from the Hebrides and beyond, and British military drumming, uniforms, presentation styles, and fanfare added in. Some critics say the British contributions are not welcome because they dilute and distort what would otherwise be a pristine indigenous art form. But without these “colonial” vestiges - bearskin hats, gauntlet cuffs, chevrons, epaulettes, military drills - how would piping even be fun? Ironically, it’s the British Army that whipped all this together by working sub-rosa in 1902 with a select group of scholars professing to know every last thing about piping (except where it comes from) for the purpose of building an unshakable foundation for piping in its Scottish homeland - a military unit clearly underrated as a hotbed of frivolity, subversion, and mischief. Johnny Walker spats? Drum corps? Baldricks? Who would have thought? And while this last bit about the army is generally kept quiet, it needn’t be. It’s staring us right in the face! Gaels in glengarry caps and badges, scarlet tunics with yellow facing holding Scottish ground against imperialists from the south? Not bloody likely! But it doesn’t matter now. Water under the bridge. The Irish “war pipes,” the “great pipes” of the sea-faring Gaels and their fearsome highland progeny, pìob mhòr in the old language, Highland Pipes in the new. Meaning, I think, the old antipathies have finally begun to cool. Things change. The center doesn’t hold. And it’s looking like it’s all for the better, pretty much. So we don’t know if the first pipes were Irish or Scottish - (Irish obviously) - but not knowing gives everyone a leg up and a side in the fight. The Uilleann Pipes, which featured so prominently in “Braveheart,” and which are Irish, aren’t used in marching bands at all. They’re played sitting down with the drones laid across your lap and a chanter spanning two octaves, where the Highland pipes have a range of just seven notes. In the world of Highland piping today, Glasgow is Mecca. The snowy City on a Hill. The place where God descends every August, rain or shine, to preside over the World’s. And God is merciless, say the Calvinists (who have pretty good reasons to think so). Of course, the Irish have their own traditions too especially in the States, with Emerald Societies on practically every corner, fire brigades, military contingents, weddings, memorials, parades, funerals, festivals, graduations, sporting events, competitions… the University of Chicago is one of 60 American colleges with pipe bands and tartans registered overseas. Carnegie Mellon’s another. And of course Notre Dame. Statistically, there are more "Irish" pipers in the world than "Scottish” - (see if Scopes doesn’t agree)- and a growing number around the planet who are neither. But when it comes to the piping canon, the how-tos and whys, the Callies have the first and last word.
@@ivanoday4635 kevin gomez from ohio moment
@@ivanoday4635Do the Irish and Scots have more in common with each other than with the English?
Not many people in new york speak irish these days
When the proud irish pilgrims arrived in the late 1800s on the bogflower they all spoke irish but the language died in new york the ancestral homeland of the irish pilgrims
a lot more people speak spanish in new york these days than irish or even english if we are being honest with ourselves