The Kilt's use in Irish Nationalism

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The Irish have been playing the bagpipes for as long as the Scottish (which has been well docummented in history).

I'm aware of this, but they currently play the great highland pipes and play Scot tunes. That really doesn't scream "Irish" to me. I'm not really knocking it if it seems that way, I just find it a little strange. I have Irish family as well and have considered getting a saffron kilt much to the dismay of my wife(She thinks the color is hideous). I also realize that marching with uilleann pipes would be almost impossible.