Bagpipes And Drums Music Camelon And District Pipe Band Falkirk Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video compilation of the bagpipes and drums music of Camelon And District Pipe Band from Falkirk. The band wears Mackenzie tartan kilts. The root of the ancient Dalriadan Scottish name MacKenzie is the personal name Coinneach. The Gaelic form of the name is Mac Coinnich or Mac Choinnich, both of which mean son of Coinneach. However, In Adamnan, the Gaelic form of the name is Cainnechus, which is derived from the word cann, meaning fair or bright; thus, the surname is a nickname. Notable amongst the Clan from early times was John Mackenzie, died 1561, or John of Killin, traditionally reckoned 9th of Kintail, a Highland chief; Kenneth Mackenzie, died 1568, 10th of Kintail and nicknamed Coinneach na Cuirc, or Kenneth of the Whittle, a Highland chief; Colin Mackenzie of Kintail, died 1594, nicknamed Cam, meaning crooked, because of being one eyed, a Highland chief; Kenneth Mackenzie, the first Lord Mackenzie of Kintail, born 1569, died 1611, a Highland Clan chief.

William Mackenzie, was a British Convict who was convicted in Inverness, Highlands, Scotland for 7 years, who was transported aboard the Asia on 5th November 1835, arriving in Tasmania, Van Diemen's Land in 1836; William Mackenzie, landed in Cape Fear, North Carolina, America, in 1746; Mary Mackenzie, arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, America in 1758; Duncan Mackenzie arrived in New York, America, in 1770. John Mackenzie, aged 16, arrived in Carolina, America, in 1774.

The Great Highland bagpipe, Scottish Gaelic: a' phìob mhòr, is a type of bagpipe native to Scotland. It has acquired widespread recognition through its usage in the British military and in pipe bands throughout the world.

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