Tour Scotland Video Scottish Accordion And Fiddle Music Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of traditional Scottish accordion and fiddle music in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Grant McFarlane fromm Paisley by Glasgow, on accordion with Mhairi Mackinnon on fiddle accompanied by Alistair Cassidy and Ian Bain.

The surname MacFarlane, and other variations of the name, are Anglicisations of the Gaelic patronymic Mac Pharlain, meaning " son of Parlan ". Clan MacFarlane is a a Highland Scottish clan. Descended from the ancient Earls of Lennox, the MacFarlanes occupied the land forming the western shore of Loch Lomond from Tarbet up-wards. From Loch Sloy, a small sheet of water near the foot of Ben Voirlich, they took their war cry of Loch Slòigh. The clan was noted for the night time cattle raiding of neighbouring clan lands, particularly those of Clan Colquhoun, and as such a full moon became known locally as " MacFarlane's Lantern. The ancestral lands of the clan were held by the chiefs until they were sold off for debts, in 1767.

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