Is Dublin kilt friendly?

[cessna152towser]

I have a day trip to Dublin coming up next Wednesday. Can't decide whether or not a kilt would be appropriate wear. I have only been in Eire once before and that was a day trip to Waterford last summer where I didn't see any kilts. There is also the issue that as a day tripper I won't have any checked in luggage so if my kilt pin gets confiscated prior to the outbound flight I would then be without a kilt pin all day. (Could always buy a safety pin when I get there I suppose). Any advice?

[Kilted KT]

I figure it this way...if a place isn't kilt friendly, then they loose not only my business, but the business of everyone I tell. I'm in Tulsa, Ok...and have never seen another kilt down here besides st. patty's day and the games. It is all how you wear the kilt that makes it friendly or not. Arrogant and foolhearty will prolly be trouble. just wear it like you do anywhere else. Head held high, proud of your heritage.

Remember, it is you wearing the kilt, not the whole city.

[cessna152towser]

I note what you say about holding your head high, KT, but on looking up kilt and Dublin on a search engine this was one of the first hits I came across, which certainly suggested Dublin might not be a safe place to go kilted.
http://www.irishabroad.com/news/iris...ncer-17Feb.asp

Lord Laird, has been hit with a flood of stories about his creative use of government funds.

They included Œ4,000 in taxi fares, for trips between Belfast and Dublin and Belfast and Derry.

When asked about them Laird, who would cheerfully go unrecognized in any town in Ireland, said he took them for security reasons as he wore a kilt in Dublin and was worried that he would be attacked.

[Riverkilt]

No clue about the kilt pin other than to suggest a clasp backed substitute.

Would guess your reception would depend on whether you looked like a tourist/businessman with money to spend or a soldier on leave.

Ron

[Colin]

The first casual kilt wearer I ever met was in Dublin in 1999.

[Kilted KT]

I note what you say about holding your head high, KT, but on looking up kilt and Dublin on a search engine this was one of the first hits I came across, which certainly suggested Dublin might not be a safe place to go kilted.
http://www.irishabroad.com/news/iris...ncer-17Feb.asp

wow..that is just plain nuts...

solution: the Dirk Kilt Pin...works great, although you might want to re-enforce the kilt a bit.

[macwilkin]

The Dublin Fire Brigade has its own pipe band, not to mention the Irish Air Corps and Irish Army with their pipers, so you'll probably only be mistaken for a piper.

T.

[bikercelt1]

I spent time in Dublin Christmas before last. I also traveled to Belfast and the Dingle Penninsula. I wore Kilts the whole time. I had less reaction there than I get here at home in the Pacific Northwest. You don't really need a kilt pin anyway (although I like the look of it) so leave your pin at home, wear your kilt, and have a wonderful time. Dublin is a great town.

Jamie

[MacSimoin]

...but on looking up kilt and Dublin on a search engine this was one of the first hits I came across, which certainly suggested Dublin might not be a safe place to go kilted.

No, no, no...I remembered this once I clicked the link because I read the Irish Voice. The USA (Ulster Scots Agency) has been in hot water for several years now and their activities (here and abroad) have been under heavy scrutiny. Lord Laird's fears aren't entirely unfounded (because of the USA's troubles) but I highly doubt that it has anything at all to do with wearing a kilt.

Wear your kilt in Dublin town; you won't regret it.

[cessna152towser]

Well, chickened out and the kilt waited in the hotel room at Glasgow while I had my day trip to Ireland. Didn't see any kilts at all in Ireland but I noticed a kilt in the check in queue for the Iceland flight at Glasgow Airport - guy with a goattee beard in a black kilt with studs and pockets at the front and around a dozen or so wide pleats at the back - looked like some sort of American kilt.