d ▁or ▁High land ▁Pi pe ▁Music ▁( 1 8 3 8 ) ▁included ▁histor ically ▁f anc iful ▁and ▁rom antic ▁p ib ro ch ▁source ▁stories ▁by ▁anti qu arian ▁James ▁Log an . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁p ib ro ch ▁collected ▁by ▁Mac K ay ▁have ▁very ▁different ▁titles ▁in ▁earlier ▁manuscript ▁sources . ▁Mac K ay ' s ▁translated ▁English ▁titles ▁became ▁the ▁commonly ▁accepted ▁modern ▁p ib ro ch ▁names , ▁san ction ed ▁by ▁subsequent ▁P io ba ire ach d ▁Society ▁edit ors . ▁ ▁R oder ick ▁C annon ▁has ▁compiled ▁a ▁dictionary ▁of ▁the ▁G ael ic ▁names ▁of ▁p ib ro ch ▁from ▁early ▁manuscript s ▁and ▁printed ▁sources , ▁detail ing ▁incons isten cies , ▁difficulties ▁in ▁translation , ▁variant ▁names , ▁accurate ▁transl ations ▁and ▁ver ifiable ▁histor ically ▁documented ▁att ribution s ▁and ▁dates ▁in ▁the ▁few ▁cases ▁where ▁this ▁is ▁possible . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁concrete ▁document ary ▁evidence , ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁p ib ro ch ▁have ▁taken ▁on ▁a ▁quasi - my th ic ▁status . ▁The ▁earliest ▁commonly ▁recogn ised ▁figures ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁bag pipe ▁p ib ro ch ▁are ▁the ▁Mac C rim mon ▁family ▁of ▁pip ers , ▁particularly ▁Donald ▁Mor ▁Mac C rim mon ▁( c . ▁ 1 5 7 0 – 1 6 4 0 ), ▁who ▁is ▁re put ed ▁to ▁have ▁left ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁highly ▁developed ▁t unes , ▁and ▁Patrick