Quote Originally Posted by O'Callaghan View Post
Not wishing really to open a can of worms, but an Irish kilt in the early 20th century is not an anachronism, with the caveat that it would almost certainly have been either solid green or solid saffron at that time. If it was a tartan kilt, then yes, that would be an anachronism. I'm not sure what type of kilt was shown in that film, though.

As for the tam, if it was a tam and not a caubeen, then it was out of place, period. Glengarries are sometimes worn by Irish pipers, but AFAIK were not in that time period, and tams are Scottish, period. OTOH, a caubeen is virtually the same thing with no tourie.
There were four kilts in the film; two being worn by Patrick and Michael Wayne (the two girls in the scene with Marueen O'Hara are Wayne's daughters), and two kilts worn by the pipers at the horse races. The kilts were solid green, worn without sporrans, and with either Arran Island sweaters and knitted tams.

The movie can be dated to roughly the late 1920s - early 30's, due to the several references to the Anglo-Irish War (nothing really said about the Civil War, though) -- and at that time, there were several pipe bands in Ireland, such as the Youghal Pipe Band, the St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band and the Black Raven Pipe Band, all formed before the First World War.

While it would certainly not have been common to see two young boys in kilts, the pipers in the movie certainly could have been from a local pipe band.

T.