Quote Originally Posted by Robbie
Of much more interest (and I hope you're not too bored with all this!), is why of all the Gaelic groups only the Scots went from the leine to the kilt, all the other known main groups (Irish, Welsh, Manx) going from the leine to trousers.
Robbie,

The Welsh are not Gaelic. They come from the Brythonic branch of the Celtic peoples, along with the peoples of South West Scotland (Strathclyde), Southern England and Brittany.

Rob (A mostly Brythonic Celt)