First post with a big question

**Ward** · 23rd March 09, 08:51 PM

Thanks for all the replies. You have all been very helpful and I will be buying a kilt very soon. There are just so many different stores to choose from. Although, I think my first kilt will be the Irish National Tarten and then move on to County Galway and then County Donegal tarten. Also thank you for making me so welcome into this community of kilted friends. I will wear my kilt with pride in honor of the Ward family name and my Irish heritage.
Tony Ward Kelso,WA

**Jack Daw** · 23rd March 09, 08:55 PM

Hello and welcome from Houston, TX! Wear only the MacIntyre tartan.

**Riverkilt** · 23rd March 09, 10:30 PM

Welcome aboard,

Perhaps you just need to explore your family tree a bit farther out the branches...most folks find Scots lurking somewhere in the family tree - particularly if there's Irish there already...

Meantime - ain't a darn thing wrong with kilts in Irish tartans. Two different mills thought up county tartans.

Here's a USA Kilts semi-trad model in Ireland's National tartan.

And here's the ever popular saffron kilt - another USA Kilts semi-trad

Ain't nothing wrong or "less than" about these kilts. What other think just doesn't matter. What does matter is if you like the tartan - for whatever reason.

Ron

**Laird O'the Cowcaddens** · 23rd March 09, 11:22 PM

Welcome to the Forum and the company of The Rabble. Here is my tuppence worth; Look at what is out there as far as tartans (Scottish & Irish), pick the TWO that really ring your bell, toss a coin for 1st and 2nd choice, buy the 1st one and plan on buying the 2nd one when feasible. The Rabble will concur with me that there is nothing in the world like the feeling you get when you strap on your first kilt. BE WARNED !!! You are embarking on something that can become an addiction. LOL.

**Jock Scot** · 24th March 09, 01:37 AM

Welcome,from Inverness-shire.

**Highlander31** · 24th March 09, 02:13 AM

Welcome to the forum. Wear what you like.

**Phil** · 24th March 09, 02:14 AM

from Scotland. Just like you don't need to be Scottish to join XMTS you also don't need to be Scottish to wear a kilt. So just do it.

**meinfs** · 24th March 09, 03:36 AM

A few strangers have asked me, upon seeing me in a kilt (not even a tartan one), if I had Irish blood. I don't; neither am I Scottish, but I still wear them.

**McClef** · 24th March 09, 03:39 AM

from South Wales UK!

A tartan won't necessarily indicate a particular country but accessories can help - for example the shamrock kilt pin I wear with my County Antrim kilt.