Irish wore kilts?

[Jon1975]

There's nothing clear about it. Do you have a link to this picture? From what I understand there is no strong evidence of a distinctly Irish bagpipe at all. What gets posited as pictorial evidence is usually wishful thinking and a bit of a stretch.

The modern "Irish War Pipe" is a GHB with a drone removed. Its genesis appears to be Irish regiments in the British Army. There's nothing historical or ancient about it (and today's Irish regiments in the British Army play the GHB).

Here are some links: It also looks like the Irish are wearing kilts, notice how they are gathered about the waist....

http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/about/bgalle...bg0061_jpg.htm

http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/about/bgalle...bg0054_jpg.htm