So I was watching Master and Commander again (one of my favorite movies!) and I noticed something--actually two things. First: uilleann pipes! I never noticed before, but one of the sailors plays Uilleann pipes! He plays "O'Sullivan's March" the first time you them:

I circled it. Bottom right corner. That is a Uilleann pipe chanter.

The second time you see it is at the end during a funeral. He's not playing it, but it's sitting on his lap:


So, my second realization: some of the sailors may be wearing Glengarries. For all of the historians on the forums, what do you think? Are these two sailors wearing Glengarry bonnets? I wasn't sure...


Unfortunately, they did not show the back, so I couldn't tell if they had ribbons. Did English sailors wear hats that looked like Glengarries?

And finally, not a realization, but a screen shot I wanted to share because it's so beautiful: