Quote Originally Posted by An t-Ileach

As an historian (I wasn't always a saddler) with a close interest in the rise and fall of Dal Riada, and a fan of Kenneth Bannerman, a 1,400 year time frame doesn't seem that long (but then, naturally, historians tend to live in the past - it can be really fascinating), and all of it has contributed to who and where we are today. Even that in the 5th and 6th Centuries our ancestors wore the leine and brat contributed to our present condition. But, perhaps Matthew's rebuke is appropriate if we're drifting too far "off topic".
Gotta challenge that 1400 years isn't that long. I'll grant you it's not long geoligically but to say 606AD was recent historically is odd.

Note to those historians: Matt has defined "kilt", which part of the "Celtic" people applies to his definition. Having filled those parts of the equation, he can then define "origin". That is how a historian does it. Now the rest of the academics have a frames of reference to discuss develop. It's not a word game: it's an essential part of the communication process to determine that we are all talking about the same thing.