My trip to Dublin

[beloitpiper]

Irish military kilt! It was preety.


Orange tartan with wide, brown stripes surrounding thin red lines. Matt, identification?


Traditional Irish leine. (This is why we wear saffron kilts. It's historical).

[macwilkin]

Irish military kilt! It was preety.


Orange tartan with wide, brown stripes surrounding thin red lines. Matt, identification?

It appears to be a uniform from the Irish Regiment of Canada -- they are the only Irish Regiment to wear a tartan:

http://www.valleyeasttoday.ca/newsma...cadetsfull.jpg

I know these are modern uniforms, but look at the tartan.

T.

[beloitpiper]

It appears to be a uniform from the Irish Regiment of Canada -- they are the only Irish Regiment to wear a tartan:

http://www.valleyeasttoday.ca/newsma...cadetsfull.jpg

I know these are modern uniforms, but look at the tartan.

T.

By George, I think he's got it!

[macwilkin]

By George, I think he's got it!

It certainly looks very similar -- the badge on the caubeen also looks like their badge:

http://www.cornwallismuseum.ca/capba...yne.hordij.jpg

T.