Interesting email from an Irish fellow about Irish kilts.

[The Ulsterman]

Well folks, as someone who lives in Northern Ireland, i find this thread most enlightening, (and apologies for keeping it going)
I must say also, you guys really do know your stuff, and as was said earlier, this guy most likely knows very little about his own ancestry, or even cares.
It's great to see so many level headed people working so hard to keep ties with their respective roots (should they be Irish, Scottish, Ulster-Scots, German or whatever).......
It's true that very few kilts are worn in Ireland or Northern Ireland, except for the pipe band fraternity, but then again, i could probably say the same about Scotland.
I have read this thread from start to finish, and found it to be of great interest.

The fact that he is living in Ohio and working at a Irish pub while complaining about Irish-Americans is an irony not lost on me...

...brilliant!!!

...and that just about sums him up doesn't it?

It's kinda ironic too though, that the same "young Irishman" was at the time of writing,.. most likely wearing Levis jeans, baseball boots, baseball cap and "I LOVE NY" T-shirt, whilst eating his hamburger and listening to Puff Daddy.
He is what's know in this neck of the woods, as a "slabber".
Keep doing what you love doing guys and girls, and as long as we're free to do it, that's all that matters.
Neil. (The plastic Ulster-Scot)

[Deil the Yin]

Ironically enough, I get asked all the time if I'm Irish when I'm out and about in the kilt??? SOMEBODY strongly associates the Irish with the kilt...

[Robertson]

Just like the tee shirt " I'm Scot-Irish I get drunk and fight with me-self "

[Carolina Kiltman]

Just like the tee shirt " I'm Scot-Irish I get drunk and fight with me-self "

Gee, maybe I should get one of those

[GDub]

It's kinda ironic too though, that the same "young Irishman" was at the time of writing,.. most likely wearing Levis jeans, baseball boots, baseball cap and "I LOVE NY" T-shirt, whilst eating his hamburger and listening to Puff Daddy.

LOL! Exactly! "Slabber" is one for the books.

Sláinte

[Mr. Kilt]

Just like the tee shirt " I'm Scot-Irish I get drunk and fight with me-self "

The comedian Johnny "Bagpipes" Johnston has a line similar to that. He says he's half Irish and half Scottish. He loves to get drunk, but he hates paying for it.

[Morgan of Seattle]

An Englishman, an Irishman, and a Scotsman walk into a bar, and each orders a drink. By great coincidence, three houseflies come buzzing along and one lands in each man's drink.

The Englishman says, "Waiter, there is a fly in my gin, I shall require another."

The Irishman discreetly pulls out the fly, tosses it over his shoulder, and finishes his Irish Whiskey.

The Scotsman carefully grasps the fly by its wings and, shaking the insect over his scotch, he shouts, "Spit it out, you little bugger, spit it out!"

[Carolina Kiltman]

Ironically enough, I get asked all the time if I'm Irish when I'm out and about in the kilt??? SOMEBODY strongly associates the Irish with the kilt...

They probably saw the movie Braveheart and the scene where the Irish mercenaries came over to the side of the Scots. If I remember correctly they were also kilted. (I won't go into the historical inaccuracies, that's part of the fun of movies anyway!)

[macwilkin]

They probably saw the movie Braveheart and the scene where the Irish mercenaries came over to the side of the Scots. If I remember correctly they were also kilted. (I won't go into the historical inaccuracies, that's part of the fun of movies anyway!)

The association more likely comes from the large number of Irish-Americans who are policemen and firemen, and the association of pipers with those two professions.

Todd

[macdoc451]

Looks as though he's been in the U.S. a little too long..... after all, this IS the country of free speach, and EVREYONE'S entitled to voice his opinion!!