NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade. March 17, 2007. Part 1 of 4

New York City St. Patricks Day Parade. March 17, 2007. Taken at 60th St. & 5th Ave.

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• york
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• urban
• nyc
• irish
• bagpipes
• st
• patricks
• day
• marching
• parade
• celebration

[DonbX]

@kingdomofdalriada OK thanks for the info - I had heard that the bagpipes were brought over by the Romans. I was obviously wrong about the kilt. I still think people should not get nitty about the Irish wearing kilts. Either way, I think the kilts, bagpipes and these kind of parades are awesome

[kingdomofdalriada]

@DonbX The Kilt is not Roman, wrapping a cloth around your waste is NOT a kilt. A kilt s a uniqe and very specific garment. The kilt did not evolve from roman dress, as the kilt devloped independantly about 1000 years after the romans left Britain.

The bagpipes are not roman either many civilisations have had verisons of bagpipes, however it is likely the bagpipes were b rought over by the romans.

[DonbX]

@scottishnationalist The kilt and the bagpipe are originally Roman if you want to get technical about it. So what if the Irish want to wear a kilt. You should be honoured about it. The scots caused so much shit in Ireland its amazing that the Irish are paying any kind of homage.

[scottishnationalist]

@MrThingy3 The Irish did not wear the kilt in 1840, the kilt in ireland was only worn by the Ulster Scots in the British army at that period.

The leine was also worn by the highland scots in Scotland before they devloped it into the kilt.

The kilt is not irish it is scottish, no matter how desperatley people like you want it to have some false connection with irish history,.

[gaelicscots]

No padraic pearse attempted to get his followers to wear the scottish kilt to maintain a sense of identity during british occupation but it never took off. the irish do not wear kilts nor have they ever worn kilts. If you wore a kilt in ireland today they would assume you were scottish.

and the gales stopped wearing the liene long before the advent of the great kilt.

The irish do not wear kilts so stop trying to kid everyone on they did.

[MrThingy3]

The Irish have been wearing the kilt as we know it in Modern form ie: the small kilt since the 1840's/50's and way way before that invented the Leine and Brat that became the Great Kilt.

[gaelicscots]

The irish never wore kilts.

[Noddy1690]

If this is an Irish parade why are there so many people in kilts?

[MrThingy3]

Why are there Pipes and kilts ahahahaha I guess you haven't the first clue of Irish history or if you do you are very ignorant about it. No offence

[FrancisDarthmour]

cos they're, generally speaking, a British culture staples, not only of Scotland =)