Irish kilt books

[O'Callaghan]

When folks like me say there is no "historical" evidence for "Irish kilts" what we mean is that there is no reason in the historical record to believe that the kilt ever formed part of the native Irish dress. Kilts were not part of Irish fashion. They were never worn by any significant number of Irish men. For a time they were worn by a relatively small sub-set of Irish nationalists in an attempt to define a "national costume" but this was not entirely successful, as the article shows.

You said "it is without historical basis". A correct statement would have been "it WAS without historical basis" in the 19th century. But there is a historical basis now, you see, from those Irish nationalists who wore the kilt in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The facts are not seriously in dispute, but there was still an incorrect statement in your post. Call it nit-picking or even a matter of the grammar police correcting your tense, but I find it too irritating not to say anything.

ETA: Change IS to WAS and I will stop complaining.