Irish Tartans?

[BoldHighlander]

There is also a small group that wants to return to Brehon Law.

The thing is, more than half the Irish population is under 25 years of age. These young people see themselves as European, as opposed to the traditional view of fifty years ago when the Irish tended to see themselves in a very limited sense as "Irish".

In the seventy-odd years since independence the Irish people have moved far beyond a false sense of "post-colonialism", and now rightly see themselves as a modern and highly progressive country. As the ethnic composition of the nation shifts due to immigration from the former European east-bloc, as well as an influx of Chinese and Third World peoples, there may be-- at some point in the distant future-- a searching for a cultural identity that would embrace tartan and kilts.

My own view is that this is more likely to be caused by the 60 million in the Irish diaspora, than a populist movement in Ireland.

I essentially agree with your observations but I only mention the Irish Kilt Club because you said:

Frankly, the real situation is that nobody in Ireland really cares about kilts or tartans

(*emphasis mine)

and as pointed out that isn't entirely true, no matter how big or small the movement there are some who do care