Well done, Todd and Matt!

I though these two quotes from your article regarding the invention of an Irish "National Dress" were particularly telling:

"Frankly I would much rather see you arrayed in a kilt, although it may be less authentic (author’s emphasis) than in a pair of these trews...If you adopt a costume, let it, at all events, have some elements of picturesqueness."( Dunlevy, p. 176)

“Who so ever began to introduce a Hibernian dress seems to have leaned heavily on Caledonian custom.”

Perhaps imitation is great flattery, particularly when it comes to the traditional "picturesque" dress of the Highlands of Scotland.

Did you run across any photos of the actual Ulster tartan garments? Does either of you know their whereabouts?

Cordially,

David