Irish Saffron Kilt

[Jimmy Carbomb]

I saw that Todd touched on it earlier, and I've always known them on the Irish musicians and school kids. I even own a saffron traditional for on-stage formal performances.

As for the school boys from St. Enda's, there are some hilarious tales that will remind you of Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue". They took some early beatings, but later became some notorious Irishmen in history.

[g koch]

Canadian Irish Regimental Tartan-- AKA: O'Saffron

http://tinyurl.com/dfbl7

World's only kilted Irish Regiment.

Now disbanded.

[macwilkin]

Canadian Irish Regimental Tartan-- AKA: O'Saffron

http://tinyurl.com/dfbl7

World's only kilted Irish Regiment.

Now disbanded.

Where did you see that they were disbanded? The official Canadian Army web site shows them still on the army list.

Cheers,

Todd

[g koch]

To paraphrase Will Rogers: All I know is what I read in the webpages.

http://tinyurl.com/dx5f2

[macwilkin]

and concurrently re-formed at Sudbury, Ont., by conversion of 58th Field Regiment RCA [Royal Canadian Artillery]

-- http://www.regiments.org/regiments/n...f/110Irish.htm

Cheers,

Todd

[g koch]

oh well, you win.....I'd read somewhere that they where no more.

[michael steinrok]

The saffron kilt originates in the 19th century in the Irish regiments of the British Army, who adopted the uniform of the pipers and drummers of the Highland regiments. Unlike the Scots, only musicians (and some officers) wore the saffron kilt as part of their uniform. The Royal Irish Regiment's pipers still wear them, as well as the Pipe Band of the Irish Republic's Air Corps.

Several of the Irish revolutionaries of 1916 also adopted the kilt (in saffron and green colours). Patrick Pearce, one of the leaders of the Easter Rebellion, even adopted the kilt as a uniform for his school for boys, St. Enda's, which was supposed to educate Irish boys on "traditional" Irish culture. From what I have read, the boys took quite a few beatings from local boys over their kilts. Eamonn Ceannt, another leader in the '16, reportedly played the uilleann pipes for the Pope dressed in a green kilt. Another Irishman, Pierce O'Mahony, wore a green kilt & is pictured in "ancient" Irish dress, complete with wolfhound. O'Mahony lived in Bulgaria and is quite the national hero there -- a tartan was recently introduced in his honour.

Cheers,

Todd

ANY IDEAS ABOUT THE TARTAN ? I'VE GOT MAHONEY BLOOD :smile:

[michael steinrok]

Saffron is a traditional dye used in leine by the Irish & Scots and can absolutely be traced back into antiquity by the Irish. They thus can claim that color as their own.

While I laugh at an Irishman in a tartan kilt, solids and especialy stripes are quite legitimately and unquely Irish.

NOW NOW DID YOU REALLY WANT TO LAUGH AT ANOTHER KILTED MEMBER OF THIS FORUM. CHECK OUT TARTAN HISTORY BEFORE YOU DO

SLAINTE

[macwilkin]

ANY IDEAS ABOUT THE TARTAN ? I'VE GOT MAHONEY BLOOD :smile:

Irish tartans are a modern innovation; check out this article on Matt Newsome's blog:

http://blog.albanach.org/2005/11/iri...artans-in.html

If you can trace your Irish ancestors to a particular area in Ireland, you could always wear one of the county tartans -- and there are also "general" tartans like the St. Patrick's, the Irish National, Ulster, etc.

Cheers,

Todd

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

NOW NOW DID YOU REALLY WANT TO LAUGH AT ANOTHER KILTED MEMBER OF THIS FORUM. CHECK OUT TARTAN HISTORY BEFORE YOU DO

SLAINTE

Michael, check that caps lock, please. All capitals comes across as yelling in an online forum.

For reference, I do like the solid color kilts, and do not see why Sir Robert has any issue with anybody wearing and promoting the kilt.

[EDIT]

After looking again, I see that I mis-read Sir Robert's post, he was laughing at Irish in tartan kilts and supported them in solid colors, my misinterpretation.

And I was not berating the caps lock, just trying to gently point out the impression of others.