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    Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
    Yes, I should have clarified, the sett in the OP is the Wilsons' sett c1800.
    Yes the Allen Brothers seemed to have simplified the original, turning a sophisticated design into one of their blockish four-equal-stripes designs.
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    Thanks guys. I should add that I filched the photo off a youtube vid of an event at Cullybackey but the pipers were not identified.

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    Well if they were in fact the the Cullybackey Pipeband they apparently wear Ancient Red MacPherson.
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    Quote Originally Posted by crash View Post
    Well if they were in fact the the Cullybackey Pipeband they apparently wear Ancient Red MacPherson.
    Perhaps, but that's not what's being worn in the OP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crash View Post
    Well if they were in fact the the Cullybackey Pipeband they apparently wear Ancient Red MacPherson.
    The original video is this one:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFbp1s2t9Uo

    The tenor drummer I believe is from Culleybackey PB but the accompanying pipers are not (just going by the tartans).

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