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It would be of value to expand the article with the dates of establishment of the earliest Highland games events in each country. The history is not complete without this information.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  20:42, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Most of these were injected into the bottom of the article as if they were sources used for this piece, but none of them were cited. Given how rough and unsourced parts of this article are they should be sought and used as sources.

• Brander, Michael (1992). Essential Guide to the Highland Games. Canongate. ISBN 0862413028.
• Donaldson, Emily Ann (1986). The Scottish Highland Games in America. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican. ISBN 0882894749.
• Gibson, John G. (1998). "Highland Games and Competition Piping". Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping, 1745–1945. Montreal: McGill–Queen's University Press. ISBN 0773515410.
• Ray, Celeste (2001). Highland Heritage: Scottish Americans in the American South. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807849132. – Seems to focus on Highland games events in the US South – Publishers Weekly: "A combination of resource compendium, exhaustively detailed anthropological study and astute cultural criticism. Extensive research, clear prose and respect for her subjects will win this authoritative work favor among Scottish American enthusiasts and academics alike."
• Ray, Celeste, ed. (2005). Transatlantic Scots. The University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817314736. – Likely has one or more chapters on Highland games events in North America
• Ray, Celeste (Summer 1998). "Scottish Heritage Southern Style". Southern Cultures. 4 (2): 28–45. – Seems to focus on Highland games events in the US South
• Webster, David P. (1973). Scottish Highland Games. Edinburgh: Reprographia. ISBN 9780903065108.
• Hay of Hayfield, John, ed. (1960). Tartan Tapestry: An Anthology of Scotland, Past, Present, Future. Glasgow: William Maclellan – via Internet Archive. Covers Highland games as well as the cèilidh, pp. 218–222.
• See also Talk:Scottish diaspora#Additional sources, Talk:Highland dance#Additional sources, Talk:Highland dress#Additional sources, Talk:Tartan#Additional sources

 — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  06:39, 22 July 2023 (UTC); rev'd. 10:51, 21 September 2023 (UTC)