Quote Originally Posted by PGH View Post
uh oh ... is this going to spin into a kilts aren't Irish thread?

Kilts aren't Irish!

Oh, yes they are!

Oh, no they're not!
There's not much point in that for sure! But it is interesting indeed for evidence to be brought to light, and for us all to perhaps learn.

Francis O Neill's comments are very interesting indeed, written c1900, when Highland pipes and kilts were being adapted to a revival of Irish nationalism.