Poughkeepsie Kilt Maker

[flyv65]

Did the article say there were kilts 500 years before Tut? I'd like to see the reference for that, sometime.

Bryan...I wonder if Matt Newsome would agree with that statement...

[Bob C]

Ann Stewart made my kilt. I miss her shop. I guess she still makes kilts at home. Here's her link: www.kiltshop.com

And, here's Doreen's link: http://highlandkiltshop.com/

[flyv65]

Ann Stewart made my kilt. I miss her shop. I guess she still makes kilts at home. Here's her link: www.kiltshop.com

And, here's Doreen's link: http://highlandkiltshop.com/

Good to have the recommendation of some more quality kilt makers; thanks Bob.

Bryan...trying not to look at the calendar and wonder when mine will come in...

[lrpddrummie]

Bob,

I have an Ann Stewart Kilt also. I have yet to find a better made kilt then hers. Doreen has been taught by the best so I am sure her kilts are of superior quality. I lived in Middletown NY and had a customer in Catskill so I stopped in Ann's shop everytime I passed through town. Next time I am up in that part of NY I will have to be sure and stop a visit with Doreen.

[Bob C]

Bob,

I have an Ann Stewart Kilt also. I have yet to find a better made kilt then hers. Doreen has been taught by the best so I am sure her kilts are of superior quality. I lived in Middletown NY and had a customer in Catskill so I stopped in Ann's shop everytime I passed through town. Next time I am up in that part of NY I will have to be sure and stop a visit with Doreen.

Have you met Ann's husband, Ron? He's a heck of an entertainer. He did the "Address to a Haggis" and played the fiddle at a Burns Suppper I went to, once. I've also seen him running an amateur caber toss and weaving tartan at games.

[lrpddrummie]

Have you met Ann's husband, Ron? He's a heck of an entertainer. He did the "Address to a Haggis" and played the fiddle at a Burns Suppper I went to, once. I've also seen him running an amateur caber toss and weaving tartan at games.

Ron is bit of a character. I was blessed with the opportunity to speak with him on several occasions. It was always a treat to walk into the shop and see him standing there because you knew you were going to be thoroughly entertained.

[Rob]

Did the article say there were kilts 500 years before Tut? I'd like to see the reference for that, sometime.

So would I. There wasn't even a separate land called Scotland at that time. The Romans referred to the land to the north of Hadrian's Wall as Celedonia, and before that we do not know of any name which separated that part of the island from the rest. Scotland was named after the Dalriada Scots, who came to Western Caledonia from Ireland in the 5th century AD.

Rob

[flyv65]

There wasn't even a separate land called Scotland at that time. The Romans referred to the land to the north of Hadrian's Wall as Celedonia, and before that we do not know of any name which separated that part of the island from the rest. Scotland was named after the Dalriada Scots, who came to Western Caledonia from Ireland in the 5th century AD.

Yes, I've been brushing up on my Scottish history lately, ready Fitzroy Maclean's "Scotland: a Concise History" on the lightrail into work in the mornings. Things get little confusing for me with the "volatile" way allegiances change amongst the factions, and to a lesser extent, with the dual kingship (remembering to differentiate between James I and James VI/I). I'll probably need to read a good general European history book to help put the events in Scotland into context.

Bryan...Maclean also did a beautiful book on the Highlanders with some wonderful photography...

[starbkjrus]

Gee, thanks everyone. Now I have two MORE people I have to order kilts from.

Bryan,

You might also want to go to the Royal Website and click on the history link and select Kings and Queens of Scotland. There is a lot of interesting information to be found there. There is a bit of an English spin to it as well as a "Windsor" spin but interesting none the less. That website is the one that really whetted my appetite for the history of the United Kingdom.

http://www.royal.gov.uk