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Interviewee: Iain McKerral
Interviewer: Christine MacKay
Background: Born and brought up in Campbeltown, Iain McKerral was taught to play the pipes by the late Tony Wilson, and was a member of Campbeltown Pipe Band when it played on the “Mull of Kintyre” single with Paul McCartney. He has long been involved in teaching piping in schools in Kintyre, and is currently Schools’ Piping Tutor in South Kintyre. He is also the Pipe Major of Kintyre Schools Pipe Band, and has competed successfully with this band at Novice Juvenile and Juvenile level.
Publisher: The National Piping Centre
Date: 10-04-2012
Format: Audio
Subjects & Keywords
Organization:
- Dalintober Parimary School
- Campbeltown Grammar Schools
- Campbeltown Pipe Band
- Ceannloch Pipe Band
- Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
- Babcock Renfrew Pipe Band
- Kintyre District Band
- Kintyre Schools Pipe Band
- Argyll and Bute District Council
- World Pipe Band Championships 2003
- World Pipe Band Championships 2006
- Sound of Kintyre Pipe Band
- Kintyre Piping Society
- Kintyre Juvenile Pipe Band Assocation
Person:
- Ian McKerral
- Christine MacKay
- Peter MacCallum
- Dougie McShannon
- Tony Wilson
- Sir Paul McCartney
- Linda McCartney
- Pipe Major Jim Henderson
- Billy Clark
- George Sharp
- Campbell Anderson
- William MacCallum
- John Wilson (Strathclyde Police)
- Hugh MacCallum
- Lorne Cousin
Place:
- Campbeltown
- Kintyre
- Brittany
- Belgium
- Italy
- Dumbarton
- Annan
- Belfast
- Glasgow
Publication:
- College of Piping Tutor
Subject:
- Piobaireachd
- Light Music
- Hairdressing
- Engineering
- Grade One
- Grade Two
- Grade Three
- Grade Four
- Piping Instructor
- Solo Piping
- Piping in the Community
- Blue Ramsay Tartan
- Teaching Piping
Tune:
- Mull of Kintyre
- Loch Ruan