Woodsman,

Wear a kilt, not because you're Irish or Scottish or whatever nationality you want to claim, but because you want to wear a kilt.

Simple as that.

I'm trying to make wearing some of my kilts be just like wearing a pair of cargo shorts or jeans - no big deal and nothing to make much ado of.

I was wearing my Survivor UK last night at a woodworking function and another guild member approached me and asked if I was Irish or Scottish.

My reply was, "Does it matter?"

I'm married to a Campbell and can barely trace some Irish heritage; I'm mostly English and German.

But who cares? I enjoy wearing the kilt, so I wear the kilt. Why pigeonhole myself even further by saying I wear it because of what some piece of land they were on when one of my ancestors was born?

You want to wear a kilt in Ireland? Then be an American lad who wears a kilt - for fun, for comfort, for whatever - in Ireland.

My two cents, for what it's worth.