Rethinking Irish Kilts (and a previously unseen vintage pic!)

[O'Callaghan]

Just a small quibble, it's properly Padraig ​Pearse.

AFAIK he was christened Patrick, but preferred to go by the Irish version, pronounced something like Porrig, but spelt Padraig. His father was English, so his last name would definitely have been the Anglo version, at least on his birth certificate. OTOH, Eamonn deValera was an American, and wound up running the country largely because his US citizenship saved him from execution, for fear of a diplomatic incident. All his contemporaries amongst the leadership were killed by the British, except one other, and she was a woman. The, to us, odd sensibilities of the time saved her from death and kept her out of office for the same reason.

[John_Carrick]

AFAIK he was christened Patrick, but preferred to go by the Irish version, pronounced something like Porrig, but spelt Padraig. His father was English, so his last name would definitely have been the Anglo version, at least on his birth certificate. OTOH, Eamonn deValera was an American, and wound up running the country largely because his US citizenship saved him from execution, for fear of a diplomatic incident. All his contemporaries amongst the leadership were killed by the British, except one other, and she was a woman. The, to us, odd sensibilities of the time saved her from death and kept her out of office for the same reason.

The woman was Constance Markievicz, first woman elected to the House of Commons (although she did not take her seat), member of the Dail and a minister in the Irish cabinet. Tragically she died vey young in about 1928. Sorry this doesn't have much to do with kilts.

[O'Callaghan]

The woman was Constance Markievicz, first woman elected to the House of Commons (although she did not take her seat), member of the Dail and a minister in the Irish cabinet. Tragically she died vey young in about 1928. Sorry this doesn't have much to do with kilts.

I stand corrected.