MacWage mentioned the blog article by our own Matt Newsome about Irish tartans; another good blog entryof Matt's deals with the kilt as a "pan-Celtic" garment:

http://blog.albanach.org/2005/04/kil...c-garment.html

Here's the original article, and more to read:

http://blog.albanach.org/2005/11/iri...artans-in.html

http://blog.albanach.org/2005/07/oh-dear.html

Cheers,

Todd