Ireland in a kilt

[funlvnman]

The Brazen Head is a fun pub. It claims to be the oldest in Ireland. It's about a 20 min walk from Temple Bar. The guided bus tour of Dublin is fun too. It takes about an hour. You can find out where everything so you can take your time later. If you want to break up your trip, Galway is about a 3 hour train ride.

Here's some photos that might give you some ideas
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/m...x.html?t=47802

Have fun!

[O'Callaghan]

I wonder if the difference in reaction between Beloit Piper and Slohairt was the type of kilt they were wearing. If the former were wearing tartan, then I imagine that might be assumed to be Scottish, given that most people can't tell one tartan from another, whereas saffron is clearly intended to be Irish, just as, for example, a solid green kilt would obviously be Irish. Irish tartans are mostly recent, and mostly worn by Irish Americans.

As for the piper comment, much as Slohairt observed, that would be a common comment almost anywhere, except perhaps Scotland. Pipe bands are the most commonly seen kilt wearers in Ireland. I'm told that Riverdance pretty much killed off kilts in Irish dancing.

The comments re Dublin make sense too. You can wear almost anything in large cities without getting much reaction.

[Jon1975]

Kilmainham jail
Try the Porterhouse brewing co., the wrasslers stout is great.
Hop on the Luas, get out of the City a little get off at the black horse station, there is a nice pub there.
I was just there in April. Didn't see any Kilts anywhere.

[Jaggy thistle]

I wore the kilt everyday when in Ireland last year it got no more attention than it does at home in Scotland the Irish are the most hospitable people in the word you will have a good time there

[Deil the Yin]

I saw quite a few kilts out and about for St Patrick's day when I was there. They didn't seem to get too much attention until they started doing keg stands...

[Kilted Rogue]

I got a few odd stairs when i was in Dublin a few years ago, granted i was in an olive green UK original. Hell most of the stairs where down right cold. My wife was even a bit nervous.

[beloitpiper]

There are sober people in Ireland? One other problem ... Irish like to argue! It's something in the blood. As the sign my mother had in the kitchen to describe my father said ... You can always tell and Irishman. You just can tell him much!

Somebody's been watching The Quiet Man too much. Irish people can carry a good conversation, but none of my friends argue any more than my American friends...

[jkane]

In my family at the dinner table, we called it a conversation too.

To the casual observer, it was described as an argument.