Bagpipes And Drums Music Of Carnoustie And Disctict Pipe Band Angus Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video compilation of the bagpipes and drums music of Carnoustie And Disctict Pipe Band from Angus. Their tartan is Ancient Angus. 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. The clans of the Pictish people in ancient Scotland were the ancestors of the first people to use the name Angus. It was a name for a person with great strength. The surname Angus was originally derived from the Gaelic word Aengus. The surname Angus was first found in Fife, where one of the first records of the name was Serlo de Anegus who witnessed a composition anent the tithes of Strathylif in 1229. Other early records include: Eva de Anegos of the county of Forfare who rendered homage in 1296 to King Edward I of England when he briefly conquered Scotland; William de Anegus who was a Scottish prisoner taken at Dunbar Castle in 1297; and Edward de Anegous and Laurence of Angus who were Scottish prisoners taken in the capture of Stirling Castle in 1305. Michael of Angous, a Scotsman, in 1358, was foremost at the last capture of the town of Berwick by the Scots, and leapt over the walls the night it was taken. The name means The Only One, possibly referring to the Angus King of Dalriada in western Scotland in the ninth century. The name is associated with Clan MacInnes, who also claim descent from the Dalriada Scots. The Earldom of Angus was held by the Stewarts and Douglases. Carnoustie is twinned with Maule, approximately 30 miles West of Paris,France, due to Carnoustie and the surrounding area's long association with the Maule Family.

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