As we where walking around Dublin and seeing the sights i was getting the most peculiar looks. For the most part they were rather heated looks.
I can't say I have ever experienced any animosity to the kilt while wearing it in Ireland, whether in Ulster or Eire, but it does draw more attention and starts more conversations than it does in Scotland where kilts are much more common.
Wearing my County Armagh tartan in County Armagh I have several times been asked what's the tartan, but yet to meet someone who recognised it as their own county tartan.