Irish Kilts and Tartans

[macwilkin]

I agree that your research article was detailed and informative. Much of it I have read thru my grazing on the web about this very topic, but when I read it I felt it had a slant against the Irish in Kilts and "Irish tartans". This my have just been the mood I was in at the time, but I still feel that way.

Straight from one of the author's mouths: you are misinterpreting our purpose for writing the article. It was not ever meant to be a slant against the Irish, one way or the other. If anything, it is attempting to tell the real story of the adoption of Irish kilts and tartans, and not the myth.

And btw, many of our sources were not found on the Internet. A number of them are books and articles.

T.

[slohairt]

Excellent article, lads. Very well written. It also looks like the annual St. Patrick's Day kilt debate starts early!

It could also be mentioned that the Canadian Irish Regiment is somewhat unique among Irish regiments in that they wear their own tartan (O'Saffron) rather than a self-coloured saffron kilt. Since this tartan was designed in the 1930s, it easily predates most other Irish tartans.

Also, the kilt and caubeen is the uniform of the whole regiment, not just their pipers. This allows them to make their claim as the only kilted Irish regiment in the world.

[macwilkin]

Excellent article, lads. Very well written. It also looks like the annual St. Patrick's Day kilt debate starts early!

It could also be mentioned that the Canadian Irish Regiment is somewhat unique among Irish regiments in that they wear their own tartan (O'Saffron) rather than a self-coloured saffron kilt. Since this tartan was designed in the 1930s, it easily predates most other Irish tartans.

Also, the kilt and caubeen is the uniform of the whole regiment, not just their pipers. This allows them to make their claim as the only kilted Irish regiment in the world.

Quite right, and I need to add the mention of the Canadian Irish Regiment's uniqueness in the article.

T.