kilt anyone?

[west cork rebel]

i'd wear one, but not to work like would have the be for something special say like being a groom or something, but i thought there was no irish kilt.

 

[el rojo]

, but i thought there was no irish kilt.

the kilt is a keltic thing and equally belongs to scots/welsh and irish people.
in eire you have two versions, the one wears by the army which is khaki and the "civil" one which is green with yellow stripes

 

[el rojo]

http://www.kilts.com/irishkilts.htm

 

[Proinsias]

the kilt is a keltic thing and equally belongs to scots/welsh and irish people.
in eire you have two versions, the one wears by the army which is khaki and the "civil" one which is green with yellow stripes

Not really.

There's little to no evidence that the celts wore kilts.

 

[northmallexile]

http://www.kilts.com/irishkilts.htm

Where's Wickford, precisely?

County tartans, my eye. There's no such thing outside the febrile imaginations of the marketing divisions of North American kitsch emporiums.

 

[Proinsias]

Febrile, nice. Had to look it up.

The Wikipedia bit on the county colours:"Many "Irish County" tartans were designed by Polly Wittering, first produced in 1996 by the House of Edgar, of Perth in Scotland."

http://blog.albanach.org/2005/11/irish-tartans-scottish-tartans-in.html

 

[northmallexile]

I don't see why people would feel the need, to be honest. Not as if we don't have enough legitimate national symbols of our own.

 

[eurythmic king of nowhere]

I'd wear a kilt but it would be a McDonald of the Isles one. My great great gteat grandfather (I think) was from ayrshire.

 

[confused]

Despite nobody admitting to wear one,does anyone have a clue where you can buy or rent a kilt?? (For dudes)

 

[Molly Millions]

Why would an Irishman wear a kilt outside of a Scottish function?