Quote Originally Posted by highlandtide
But why does an American kid care so much about the IRA?
I can speak in two terms for the answer for this question (for me personally).

1).My family were all Irish Volunteers, with one being hung in the streets of Armagh for "harboring" the enemy in 1916. He gave shelter to three Catholic families in the Church, and was made an example of.

2).I am GOOD friends with many in the AOH, Noraid and Sinn Fein. I would HATE to see any of them marching around in the BlackWatch!

YES... it's a BEAUTIFUL tartan, and one that CAN be worn by anyone... especially in the USA, where the knowledge of the Irish past is sketchy at best. For those with a strict Republican conscience, it's considered an insult.