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S 09 E 23 Cogadh no Sith War or Peace Waterloo Part 3 with writings from Keith Sanger and  tunes from Ailean Domhnullach and Simon Chadwick

S 09 E 23 Cogadh no Sith War or Peace Waterloo Part 3 with writings from Keith Sanger and tunes from Ailean Domhnullach and Simon Chadwick

Update: 2025-08-11
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Patrick MacDonald: Coma Leam, coma leam cogadh no sithAlike to me peace or War, The Gathering of the Clans,

William Ross: Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes,

J&R Glen: Louden’s bonny Woods and Braes,

Robertson & Ramsay: Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes,

Matthew Betham: Earl Moira’s Welcome to Scotland,

David Glen: Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes “Old Gaelic Air”

Roddy Cannon/Keith Sanger: The Mother,

Ailean Domhnullach (Allan MacDonald): The Harlaw Brosnachadh,

Donald MacDonald: Cogadh na Sith

Simon Chadwick: Cogadh no Sith – War or Peace

C.A. Malcolm: The Piper in Peace and War



Articles Read or Referenced:



Keith Sanger’s 2015 Post about War or Peace from Pibroch.net:

https://pibroch.net/learning/cogadh-no-sith-or-war-or-peace/



Listen to the George Moss and Peter Cooke interview here:

https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/65235?l=en



Special thanks to Alan MacDonald and Bonnie Rideout for the Use of Alan’s Performance on the Harlaw Album:

https://youtu.be/3blkFtU0x9E?si=xtuSb06Iyoa8Lwr4

Check out Allan’s Work here:

https://allanmacdonald.com/

And Bonnie Rideout’s work here:

http://www.bonnierideout.com/

For the Translation I used for the Battle of Harlaw Poem is here:

https://mastodon.scot/@scotlit/112841104994359938



Simon Chadwick’s excellent post about his work preparing for his performance of War or Peace is here:

https://simonchadwick.net/2016/07/cogadh-no-sith-war-peace.html



To Watch Simon’s Performance look here:

https://youtu.be/eXZDTefKrFI?si=9S4man2MW0Id6R8b



1927: Excerpt from The Piper In Peace And War

By C. A. Malcolm, M.A., Ph.D.

https://electricscotland.com/history/scotreg/peaseandwar15.htm



Sound effects at the beginning from BBC Sound Effects Archive:

https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/



Sources:



Loudon’s Bonny Woods and Braes



1869: Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes from William Ross’s Collection of Pipe Tunes:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210728140711/http://www.ceolsean.net/content/WRoss/Book08/Book08%206.pdf



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1870: Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes from J & R Glen's Collection for the Great Highland Bagpipe Book Three

https://web.archive.org/web/20211017230720/https://ceolsean.net/content/JRGlen/Book03/Book03%2017.pdf



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“Sixty Years Ago”: Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes from Robertson and Ramsay’s Master Method for the Highland Bagpipes: https://web.archive.org/web/20211017213952/https://ceolsean.net/content/RobRam/Book02/Book02%2014.pdf



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1815: Earl Moira’s Welcome to Scotland (Loudon’s Bonnie Banks and Braes from Matthew Betham MS:

https://tunearch.org/wiki/Earl_of_Moira%27s_Welcome_to_Scotland_(The)



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1880s: Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes “Old Gaelic Air” from David Glen's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, Book 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20211017213952/https://ceolsean.net/content/RobRam/Book02/Book02%2014.pdf



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War or Peace



1784: Coma Leam, coma leam cogadh no sith__Alike to me peace or War, The Gathering of the Clans from Patrick MacDonald’s Collection of Highland Vocal Airs:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Highland_Vocal_Airs_To_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA1-PA43&printsec=frontcover



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1820s: Cogadh na Sith from Donald MacDonald Manuscript https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/macdonald/



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1890s: War or Peace from David Glen’s Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd Book 5

https://web.archive.org/web/20240813223119/https://ceolsean.net/content/GlenPio/Book05/Book05%2014a.pdf



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S 09 E 23 Cogadh no Sith War or Peace Waterloo Part 3 with writings from Keith Sanger and  tunes from Ailean Domhnullach and Simon Chadwick

S 09 E 23 Cogadh no Sith War or Peace Waterloo Part 3 with writings from Keith Sanger and tunes from Ailean Domhnullach and Simon Chadwick

Jeremy Kingsbury