I have no doubt that what you say is true... and I have never tried to claim the kilt as being Irish, but these days, there is a market, generated by the mills in Scotland, directed at an Irish consumer.. We have a couple different mills who each have their hands in the creation of County tartans, we have a form of Argylls manufactured, again in Scotland for an Irish market, and please correct me if I am wrong, I believe MOR made a
comment that he had a hand in the creation of the Kilkenny and Brian Boru jackets.

We all agree the Scots originated the kilt, and it is their National Dress, but it's safe to say, Scottish markets are benifitting from the pan Celtic revivalism that is putting not only Irish, but Welsh, Cornish, Britens, as well as Canadian, American, et al. into kilts..

History will not or even should not be rewritten by no means, but if you spy and Irishman in a County Cork kilt, someone in Scotland made money...and everyone feels good about it.

And incidentally, my Irish blood is enough to give me Irish Citizenship, but to get it, I would have to give up my British citizenship. I hold a dual citizenship, already.