The Kilt's use in Irish Nationalism

[Jock Scot]

Gael Ridire.

With the greatest of respect what I happen to think about who wears the kilt from a Scots point of view is a side issue on this thread and on the whole we have all stuck mainly to Irish issues. The Scots have inevitably come into the conversation from time to time and yes I have added a comment or six about some Scots point when appropriate, but I think mainly we have all stuck to the Irish kilt question-----even me.

Macspadger can and must speak for himself, but he and I do seem to be ploughing a similar furrow and speaking again, now, for myself yes indeed the "cat is out of the bag" as far as world kilt wearing goes. I have gone on record in the past and I think Macspadger has also made the point, as have others, on this thread, it is some of the reasoning by many here for justifying wearing the kilt that seems rather tenuous to some of us. I for one do not understand it. Finally to try to get back to the Irish slant, particularly as the "modern" kilt is rather less connected to modern and old Ireland than many might think , it is those justifications that are to me, on the whole, rather thin. Others are entitled to differ and I respect that.

Before the whole website bursts into flames, I am not -----nor is Macspadger or anyone else who has posted here on this thread is being anti Irish, anti Irish wearing the kilt, anti anyone wearing the kilt, apart from my one post where I made someone aware of a school of thought. Mostly the point of this thread is the Irish, bless them, Irish nationalism connected to the kilt, a tricky subject that has been well and sympathetically discussed in depth and at considerable and interesting detail and the kilt of the Irish variety, which we are all here interested in, to a greater or lesser extent. For this particular thread anything else not connected to those points are a mere, but possibly interesting, detail.