Quote Originally Posted by Canuck of NI View Post
Hmmmm , well if the early Scots weren't Irish, the Irish did a good job of fooling the Romans who were on the scene in their day and who named the Irish 'Scotti'- that was only later transferred to Scotland. And from the Norman invasion until about the mid-nineteenth century, Scottish Highlanders themselves were referred to as "the Irish" by their Lowland neighbours.

And then of course there are the very ancient Ulster Cycle of tales which have the likes of the Sons Of Uisnech taking Deirdre and invading and settling in present-day Scotland....
Gaelic was also called Irish including the gaelic spoken by Scottish Highlanders. I don't think there was much of a difference then between the languages and I will assume the lowlanders and maybe even the English didn't care to put a difference.

We all know that the kilt started out with the leine, and both Irish and Scottish wore that commonly. I think in Matt's article it might have stated that even the highlanders dyed their leine saffron as well. I guess the Scots just evolved it differently than their cousins across the sea.