Kirkin' of the Tartan

[Jock Scot]

BULL.The only Irish accents heard in this part of western Scotland are from Irish holiday makers or Irish people who have made their home here and their accents should not be confused with the local Scots one.Not all Jacobites were Catholics either. Whilst I don't claim to be an expert on religous matters, I have never in nearly 70 years of living,one way or another, in the Western Highlands heard of kirkin the tartan until I joined this website about a year ago.Now I am not for one minute suggesting that it does not happen here,but what I am suggesting is that it does not seem to feature very highly on the church scene,very far from it in my experiance!

I know you are obviousely very interested in the historical and cultural aspects of the Jacobite era in the highlands,but there are many Highland Scots who do not see those times in the same light as you do and there are many highland Scots whose ancestors fought for the Jacobite cause, who rue the day that the Stewarts ever walked this earth.Not what you want to hear,perhaps, but nevertheless true.