The Argyllshire Gathering is a Highland games held in Oban , Scotland .
7-705: A meeting on 23 August 1871 held at the Argyll Arms Hotel led to a resolution to have an "Annual Gathering of the Gentry of the County of Argyll for social purposes". This was to be called the Argyllshire Gathering and was funded by member subscriptions. The first Gathering was held in 1873. The Highland Society of London donated a Gold Medal , which along with the Gold Medal also donated to
14-687: The Competing Pipers Association . Competitors must enter themselves each year, and hear in March whether they have been accepted. On the day after the piping competitions the competitors form a band and march through the town as part of the Stewards' March. Highland Society of London The Highland Society of London is a charity registered in England and Wales , with "the view of establishing and supporting schools in
21-578: The Highlands and in the Northern parts of Great Britain, for relieving distressed Highlanders at a distance from their native homes, for preserving the antiquities and rescuing from oblivion the valuable remains of Celtic literature, and for promoting the improvement and general welfare of the Northern parts of Great Britain". The society was founded in 1778 by Highland gentlemen resident in London and
28-579: The Jacobite rising of 1745 . It has a well known and definitive collection of clan tartans established in the early 19th century. In its early days it was active in the investigations into the authenticity of the poems supposedly by Ossian , which it had also helped to publish. The Society supports and awards annual prizes for piping , including gold medals at the Northern Meeting and Argyllshire Gathering . Its early records are deposited in
35-459: The Northern Meeting is one of the most prestigious prizes in solo piping. Faye Henderson won the Gold Medal in 2010, becoming the first woman to win the Gold Medal at either Oban or Inverness. The Argyllshire Gathering Halls are at a site on Breadalbane Street in Oban, and were built to accommodate the ball held after the gathering. The current building is a category C listed building built towards
42-591: The end of the 19th century to replace a timber structure. The Gathering is normally held in late August, one or two weeks before the Northern Meeting in Inverness . Many pipers come to Scotland to compete in both events. Eligibility for the Senior competitions is decided by a Joint Eligibility Committee, comprising representatives of the Northern Meeting, the Argyllshire Gathering, competition judges and
49-626: Was incorporated by an act of Parliament , the Highland Society of London Act 1816 ( 56 Geo. 3 . c. xx) on 21 May 1816. Within a year of its foundation, its members had come to include a number of notable Scots: The Presidents over the first 25 years of the Society's existence were: In 1782, the Society was instrumental in securing the repeal of the Dress Act 1746 , the statutory proscription of Highland Dress , introduced after
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