Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
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.
I figured I could draw Todd out with some help on that one. It's been a while since I watched that movie (and I love the movie), but I did remember that one kilt, and I thought there were others.

It seemed like the kilts were just part of the local area and quite natural. Which then led me to wonder just how "new" the wearing of kilts really was in Ireland.