and the Irish gave the Scots the Bagpipes and they haven’t gotten the Joke.
1) The Romans never made it to Ireland.
2) The Romans brought the pipes with them around 100 B.C.
and gave them to the Brythonic Celts * (King Arthur and the like)
3) The pipes worked their way throughout Celtdom, way before there were any Irish or Scots. They were all “Irish.” The Irish became Scots when the Irish settled Western Scotland and created the kingdom of Dalriada and conquered the Picts. The first Scottish King was Kenneth McAlpin. He had pipes and harp at his court.The Picts who became Scots brought the angling secrets into Scots culture.