Quote Originally Posted by Mel1721L View Post
My Great Grandmother was a Donovan and I wear an Irish kilt pin sometimes for her but as an ex British soldier who served in Northern Ireland I'm not too keen on wearing things which remind me of the IRA.
I see you are in Spain but have a Welsh motto. I'm English, but have Irish blood too. I have mixed feelings about the IRA. On the one hand, I was once at a tube station in London about an hour before a bomb threat. OTOH, the various risings throughout Irish history were justified in my view, and there were various different groups called the IRA at various times. The group that came closest to blowing me up (and doubtless you too) were the provisional IRA, who like the official IRA before them have given up violence, but now both the so-called real IRA and the continuity IRA remain as armed groups.

No doubt this will get removed, but I would like to say that the only element of kilt regalia that corresponds in any way to IRA uniform is a black caubeen. Even green ones are worn by the British Army (although I'd imagine your regiment was Welsh, and would of course not have worn such a thing). Both are freely available. All you have to do is not buy a black one.