Why not two ...

[Derek]

Thats a cool one ... very nice indeed .. luv it!
Iechyd Da
Derek

[OC Richard]

Or somebody could do a "Celtic Nations" thing with kilt pins from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, and The Isle Of Man worn all in a row going down the side by the fringe.

[Derek]

Great idea OC. I am going to look into doing that ... I thought Galicia was also part of the Celtic Nations as well as the one's you have already mentioned ... maybe I am wrong ..
Iechyd Da
Derek

[sailortats]

That is a great idea OC and I have the Celtic Nations kilt to put them on. I wonder how one can go about getting pins like that. And Derek, my understanding is that Galicia was a part of the Celltic Nations

[galarneau]

If you count Galicia, then you also have to count Asturias among the celtic countries. Personaly I don't count them, for two reasons: first, they are not part of the Celtic Congress, because they lack a celtic language. Second, the notion of a celtic heritage is rather recent in these areas. You could also count most of Europe, where the ancient Celts used to be: Hungary (the cradle of the Celts), Austria (Halstatt culture), Switzerland (La Tène culture), Belgium, France, northern Italy (the Gauls)... But I have to admit that this point of view is not universally shared, as Galicia and Asturias are represented at the annual Interceltic Festival in Lorient...
As for the OP, I often have the same temptation (rather like in your second photograph), but until now, I resist!

[OC Richard]

Yes the Celtic Nations thing is a slippery slope...

If you stick to linguistic definition, currently you only have parts of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Brittany.

Go back 60 years or so and you can include Isle of Man; go back a couple hundred years and you can include Cornwall.

Go back far enough and you have most of Europe and parts of the Near East!

Using an organological yardstick, the "Celtic" family of bagpipes (as defined by Baines) survives only in Scotland, Brittany, Northern Spain, and Portugal.

The affinities between the oldest known Highland pipes and the traditional Breton and Iberian pipes are quite obvious and not shared with any other region.

Not enough is known about the old traditional large Irish pipes (none of which survive, and died out along with the traditional Irish costume several hundred years ago) to classify them.

If folk costume and traditional approaches to ornamentation in various things are considered, there are some interesting affinities between Highland Scotland and Bulgaria.