CLAN MACDOWALL
Clan MacDowall Music
Bagpipe Tunes
Galloway Hills
The Chief of Clan MacDowall Prof. Fergus D.H. Macdowall of Garthland adopted the bagpipe tune Galloway Hills for MacDowall use.
Sample: Galloway Hills
Sheet Music: Galloway Hills @ Pipetunes.ca
Bonnie Galloway
Another pipe tune for the Galloway area is Bonnie Galloway. Galloway is a region in southwestern Scotland connected with the ancient history of MacDowall.
Sample: Bonnie Galloway
Sheet Music: Bonnie Galloway @ Pipetunes.ca
The MacDowell Pipe Band
Located in Hoogkerk, Groningen, Netherlands, the MacDowell Pipe Band commemorates Professor William Makdowel (1590-1666) of Stodrig.
Website: MacDowell Pipe Band Website
Sample Performance: YouTube Video Performance
Poems and Ballads
Ye Banks and Braes
The Robert Burns poem "Ye Banks and Braes" is written about Miss Peggy Kennedy, the daughter of a landowner in Carrick. At seventeen Miss Kennedy was to be engaged to Captain Maxwell, M.P. of Wigtownshire however she fell for McDouall of Logan. Robert Burns wrote the poem "Ye Banks and Braes" about what had happened to young Peggy and the affair with McDouall.
Willies Gane Tae Melville Castle
The lively ballad "Willies Gane Tae Melville Castle" is a Traditional Ballad written about William Macdowall II and his exploits while seeking a wife before heading off to war.
Source: Bonnie Galloway. [Audio File]. (n.d.). Pipetunes.ca
Source: Galloway Hills. [Audio File]. (n.d.). Pipetunes.ca
Source: Melville Castle Lyrics. (n.d.). Traditionalmusic.co.uk
Source: Ye Banks and Braes Lyrics. (n.d.). Traditionalmusic.co.uk