Weird! a man in a kilt

[Jimmy]

In Dublin over the weekend for the Republic of Ireland v Scotland International Soccer match, there must have been about 5000 Scots fans who made the trip across, most of them kilted.
Dublin was awash with kilties of all tartans and both sexes.
I'm sure the people of Dublin and its cosmopolitan population and mutitude of tourists had never seen anything like it on O'Connell Street and the surrounding areas.

As Riverkilt had said in a previous thread, people ignore you when you are unkilted but when kilted you become fair game for the curious.
My first person to talk to me was in the hotel bar late on Friday night, his wife had went to bed and he decided to come and talk to me and my friend.
Now I always welcome attention from people when kilted but this guy from Wales was the worst off for drink and ruined the perfectly good conversation that i was having with my friend. Nonsense what was he was talking and my friend quickly disappeared for the night.
I always find it hard to be ignorant to someone when I'm kilted, i feel that I'm always representing Scotland and never make a scene but this guy ruined the night and I ended up after about 20 minutes saying I was tired and that I needed my bed.

I spent some time on the fabulous LUAS tram system over the weekend and in every journey someone spoke to me about being kilted, all of them complimentary, one women said thet it was weird to see a man in a skirt but that I looked good and that her husband should get a kilt.

So Dubin certainly is one place that when kilted, you are never alone, on the street, in bars, on transport, they all seem to love a man in a 'skirt'.

It seems that their own kilted heritage is certainly not as strong as that of Scotland, as wearing the kilt almost seems a novelty to them.
Finally, i would say that Dublin is a fab place to be kilted as long as you don't meet drunks in the hotel bar
PS any fellow X-markers over in Dublin last weekend?

[Burly Brute]

Haha sounds like a blast! Who did you want to win?

[cessna152towser]

That reads like a fun weekend.
I have worn a kilt in Dublin where I have noticed it turns a lot more heads than would be the case in a Scottish or English city.

[TurboKittie]

I adore weird men in kilts.

[Oddern]

Good to hear you had a great time in Dublin. All the attention is one of the pros / cons (depending on the situation) being kilted. I think the worst kind is those who are self declared kilt experts, actually knowing nada, and won't leave you alone.
Skål!

[Jimmy]

That reads like a fun weekend.
I have worn a kilt in Dublin where I have noticed it turns a lot more heads than would be the case in a Scottish or English city.

you seem to be correct here, the kilt certainly is more of an attraction in Dublin than it is in English cities, ok you always get attention anywhere that you wear the kilt but perhaps it is something to do with the make up of the Irish, their friendliness, happy go luck nature, and what seems a more positive and philosphical outlook on life, maybe all these things add up to just wanting to talk to you, for sure there is not much kilt wearing in Ireland.
i would like to hear from our Irish kilties about how widespread kilt wearing is in the Emerald Isle?
yet we know that St. Patricks Day abroad is fiercely celebrated and kilts are worn in places in the States and elsewhere.

[Jimmy]

Haha sounds like a blast! Who did you want to win?

As a born and bred Scot, I was looking for a Scotland win but as someone with a rich and very recent Irish past, I always look out for the Republic's results

[English Bloke]

Nice one Jimmy. I agree that drunks can often be either very funny or a tiresome bore. Good that you showed such restraint and diplomacy. Glad you had a good trip.