Inexpensive Kilts

[PiobBear]

how can a tartan of a specific county be copyrighted?

Whoever designed the tartan can copyright it, regardless of whether it's named after Mayo or Mars.

for someone wanting to honor their Irish roots, how abut a Stillwater solid Green or Saffron. I believe many Irish regiments wore / wear these.

Only Irish pipers wear kilts; saffron kilts. I'd also suggest a solid green or saffron one from Stillwater (I've got a saffron one, and am very happy with it), or perhaps the All Ireland Green from Sportkilts (a friend has one of those; I like the colors better than the Irish National).

[Skweres]

[QUOTE=PiobBear;338027]Whoever designed the tartan can copyright it, regardless of whether it's named after Mayo or Mars.QUOTE]

so all the irish county tartans are newly designed? anyways, i still have the one from the area my family originated from, cost more but i am happy. why would only pipers wear the tartans?

[Skweres]

or perhaps the All Ireland Green from Sportkilts (a friend has one of those; I like the colors better than the Irish National).

yeah, that was my first kilt

[Panache]

Here's a picture of the Stillwater Green Shadow Tartan Heavyweight



There is actually a tartan pattern woven into the fabric, you can only see it in certain light. The saffron and black have the same pattern. I have the black one as well but not the saffron. I found out this year that I have some Irish in my background so I feel that this kilt is a tip of the hat towards that line in the family.

Cheers

Panache

Who wants a kilt in the Martian Tartan (Red, orange, and yellow), it would be like being a Scottish John Carter! I'm going to put on the first piece of Holt's "The Planets" now.

[RockyR]

House of Edgar registered their County Tartans in 1996/97. Gaelic Themes copyrighted their County Crest tartans in 2005.

The counties DO NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE them (nor does the Irish Government recognize the Irish National or Ireland's National). They are considered "Fashion Tartans".

The Solid color Saffron kilts (a goldish brown color) are the most "traditional" in the fact that they are colored to look like the Irish Liene (the "kilt like thing" that the Irish wore long ago). For more history on that, talk to Matt Newsome from the Tartan Museum.