Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
What amazes me is that a single person at a Scottish tartan mill (Polly Wittering at House Of Edgar) can, in 1996, invent out of thin air, tartans for each County in Ireland, and that these would be immediately accepted and worn by people of Irish descent all over the world.
If you think you are amazed, you should have heard the comments of Lord Inchiquin (Chief of the O'Brien's) as to his utter dismay at stepping from a plane in Australia to be greeted by a bunch of kilt-wearing O'Briens in their "ancient clan tartan"!

Talk about having the wool pulled over one's eyes...