Black Watch kilt in Northern Ireland?

[OC Richard]

Wonderful to hear the experiences of people actually living there.

I will say that here, in California, I got stick one St Patrick's Day years ago from some Irishmen for wearing a Black Watch kilt. (The Black Watch were indeed serving in Northern Ireland at that very time.) I wasn't entirely sure that I would get out of that pub with all my teeth intact. I was just doing my job (the hired piper) and the last thing I wanted was to stir up trouble.

I've not worn Black Watch since. I stick to Isle Of Skye nowadays... everyone likes it, and there are no political overtones.

I tend to be very careful about such stuff. While in Glasgow I bought the shirt of a certain Glasgow football club but I didn't wear it until I got back to the USA. In Glasgow I wore my Los Angeles Galaxy shirt which everyone liked.