▁Cl an ▁families , ▁including ▁p ib ro ch ▁dynast ies ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Mac C rim m ons , ▁pip ers ▁to ▁the ▁Mac Le ods ▁of ▁Dun ve gan , ▁and ▁the ▁Mac Ar th urs , ▁pip ers ▁to ▁the ▁Mac Donald s ▁of ▁S le at . ▁Che ape ▁ident ifies ▁accounts ▁of ▁a ▁Mac Ar thur ▁college ▁of ▁pip ing ▁instruction ▁in ▁ce ò l ▁m ór ▁as ▁a ▁continu ation ▁of ▁a ▁pre - ex isting ▁Irish ▁b ard ic ▁model . ▁ ▁Modern ▁bag pipe ▁p ib ro ch ▁( ear ly ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁– ▁present ) ▁ ▁Bag pipe ▁p ib ro ch ▁surv ival ▁and ▁rev ival ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁after math ▁of ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁C ull oden ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 6 , ▁the ▁old ▁G ael ic ▁cultural ▁order ▁under w ent ▁a ▁near ▁total ▁collapse . ▁P ib ro ch ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁played ▁by ▁bag pip ers , ▁but ▁with ▁dimin ished ▁patron age ▁and ▁status , ▁and ▁was ▁perce ived ▁to ▁have ▁gone ▁into ▁a ▁decl ine . ▁The ▁modern ▁rev ival ▁of ▁p ib ro ch ▁was ▁initi ated ▁by ▁the ▁newly ▁founded ▁High land ▁Society ▁of ▁London . ▁They ▁fund ed ▁annual ▁compet itions , ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁being ▁held ▁at ▁the ▁F alk irk ▁Mason ic ▁L odge ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 1 . ▁Over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁with ▁the ▁opening ▁up ▁of