David, Your Fermanagh tartan probably would be OK as the average guy in the street sees a tartan kilt and thinks you are from Scotland. The Irish diaspora kilt which is based on Green White and Gold could in the wrong place, cause at best hard comments and even harder fists. Yes we are always close to a settlement. Thats what republicans say. Loyalists would say the opposite. The reality is that a political settlement will not take away the memories of the deaths and distruction, the broken families etc. The scars of these "recent Troubles" will take a long time to heal and some people have still scores to settle. Having said all of that I love where I live and would not exchange it for 'all the tea in china'