Is the Kilt Traditional Garb in Ireland?

Do the Irish wear kilts? Today, yes.
Is the Kilt Traditional Garb in Ireland? Eh....sort of?
Related factoids we touch on in this clip...
What is the traditional clothing of Ireland?
Did the Irish wear tartan?
Do the Irish wear kilts for weddings?
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[@noahpatton3023]

Here in Texas there’s an Irish festival every year and pretty much everyone wears kilts and most of the vendors sell Scottish things. Most around here blend Scottish and Irish together

[@itsapittie]

Interestingly, although kilts apparently weren't widely worn outside of Scotland, there is some evidence for them being worn occasionally almost everywhere Celtic culture survived including Galicia in Spain. Somewhere I've seen a portrait from the 18th century of a Galician bridgroom wearing a kilt complete with some sort of tartan-like pattern.

[@KingFergus]

Using that argument kilts aren't "popular" in Scotland either. They literally only wear them for a wedding or funeral..

[@jkl5712]

And not to mention the modern kilt was invented by an Englishman. Tartans are fine as they actually go back to Celtic culture, but not family lineages etc. 😊

[@thebelfastvikingmartinbrow3603]

If that's a Royal Irish bagpiper then you have him under the wrong flag. And you are insulting the Northern Ireland Protestant people.

[@hewhosits]

I was in a kilt shop in Belfast not too long ago. They said their most popular kilt is in Irish National tartan. This surprised me because the shop is on Sandy Row, in a very staunchly loyalist area of Belfast. Beside it is a shop selling Orange Order regalia, and across the road is a shop selling Loyalist marching band uniforms and equipment.

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

Northern Ireland it's more common than Ireland. Like Ulster were the Scotts Irish came from. The Ulster plantation brought kilted wear to Northern Ireland. You guys totally failed on this one. There are a few family tartans from Northern Ireland. And this explains how the tartans made it to Ireland.

[@kosmokritikos9299]

There are pipe bands in Ireland that wear kilts for exhibitions, performances and competitions. Other than that, you are not likely to ever see one worn in Ireland.

[@aehealthsafety3335]

LEINE is a form of an irish kilt. It had no tartan. Solid colour. Black or mustard. Everyone wore kind of skirts up until the 1500s. Just look at history. Egypt Romans Celts. So yep Everyone wore a form of kilt

[@Mikeandcris91]

Just bought a bunch of items from you guys for my kilt (which arrives next month.) Thanks so much for the intel on kilt wearing! Slainte!

[@jonathanmooney9264]

I am Irish of old Irish descent, live in Ireland and wear kilts every day. I have family ties to several Scots clans and several Irish families each with their own tartan.

[@afroatheist-isnowafroantit6154]

This is awesome. Thank you.

[@philiptruitt]

Thanks folks!!

[@kevinhendryx665]

Well done!

[@Scott.M.Lewis-71]

Any thoughts on Welsh family tartans and cilts? Definitely a recent invention.

[@zackflynn859]

The green kilt is very popular with Irish Americans on St Patrick’s day

[@poundlandbandit6124]

yeah many people confuse the leine or feileadh mor for a kilt when they see pictures of the medieval Irish, the Irish adopted the kilt as they do not have a modern traditional dress. The leine was not modernised like the kilt.

[@markchriestenson3257]

I know this is an older video, but when you refer to '90 or '95, are you referring to 1890 or 1990?

[@markchriestenson3257]

Also is there a large sentiment between Northern Ireland and Ireland? My distant relatives are from Antrim County, which, I believe is in Northern Ireland.

[@johnmcmahon9062]

As far as i know the 'feileadh' is just a wrap of cloth held on by a belt - but they are rare. The Scot's kilt is much more easy to wear.