Great Irish warpipes are the equivalent of Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe in Ireland. The bagpipes are referred to as píb mhór in a poem by Seán Neachtain, 1650–1728 A.D., which marks the first time the Gaelic name was used in Ireland. The bagpipe is first mentioned in Irish literature in 1206 A.D. or about thirty years after the Anglo-Norman conquest. A manuscript that was produced between 1484 and 1487 A.D. and contains an Irish Gaelic rendition of Fierabras has what is arguably the earliest mention of bagpipes being used in battle. The pipe is frequently utilized by the Irish, according to musician Vincenzo Galilei, the father of scientist Galileo in a 1581 volume. According to Him, to the sound of the pipe, those unconquered ferocious and warlike people march their troops and inspire one another to deeds of valour. They also use it to escort the deceased to the grave, generating sombre noises that they drive onlookers to cry. In the poem of John Derricke -- The Image of Ireland --, which was published in the same year of 1581, it was suggested that the pipes were already being used to transmit messages in battle-fields. The use of the pipes in peacetime, such as for playing of hurling teams, is documented from the late 17th century. However, it might be challenging to determine whether the pipes mentioned in an 18th-century reference are píob mhór or another instrument. Numerous accounts exist of pipers serving in Irish regiments of the British Army in the 18th century. By the 19th century, the Irish warpipes had either completely disappeared or at the very least faded into obscurity. However, a rebirth of interest in the warpipes appears to have occurred at the same time as the overall renaissance of Irish nationalism and Gaelic culture in the second half of the 19th century. Up until the pipes became widely used in both military and civilian applications, the art resumed again. There are many local bands spread out across both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and pipe bands of the same kind as the well-known Highland version are now a normal feature of British regiments with Irish honours and the Irish Defense Forces. [Information and Image Credit : Great_Irish_warpipes, Wikipedia] [Image-Left (1) : An image of an Irish piper playing unusually huge bagpipes was copied from a woodcut from 1578. Image Right (2) : The missal painting] [Both the Files (Images) in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of no more than the life of the author plus 100 years]
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