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=== Other Celtic nations === Although not a traditional component of national dress outside Scotland or Ireland, kilts have become recently popular in the other [[Celtic nations]] as a sign of Celtic identity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/faw/welshdress/ |title=Welsh National Dress |publisher=St. Fagan's National History Museum |access-date=11 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013002907/http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/faw/welshdress/ |archive-date=13 October 2008 }}</ref> Kilts and tartans can therefore also be seen in [[Wales]], Cornwall, the [[Isle of Man]], Brittany and [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]]. Although not considered a Celtic region, [[Northumbria]]n kilts in [[border tartan]] have also been adopted. There are currently sixteen [[Bretons|Breton]] tartans officially recorded in the Scottish tartan registries. The Breton tartans are: Brittany National (Breton National),<ref name="Tartan register: Brittany National">{{Citation | place = UK | url = http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=364 | title = Tartan register | contribution = Brittany National}}.</ref> Brittany Walking,<ref name= "Tartan register: Brittany National Walking">{{Citation | title = Tartan register | url = http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=365 | contribution = Brittany National Walking}}.</ref> Lead it Of, and a further nine county tartans (Kerne,<ref name = "Tartan register: Bro-kerne">{{Citation | place = UK | url = http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=376 | title = Tartan register | contribution = Bro-kerne}}.</ref> Leon,<ref name ="Tartan register: Bro-Leon">{{Citation | place = UK | url = http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=377 | title = Tartan register | contribution = Bro-Leon}}.</ref> Tregor,<ref name ="Tartan register: Bro-Dreger">{{Citation | place = UK | url = http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=375 | title = Tartan register | contribution = Bro-Dreger}}.</ref> [[Bro-Wened|Gwened]],<ref name="Tartan register: Bro-Wened">{{Citation | place = UK | url = http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=390 | title = Tartan register | contribution = Bro-Wened}}.</ref> Dol,<ref name="Tartan register: Bro-Zol">{{Citation | place = UK | url = http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=397 | title = Tartan register | contribution = Bro-Zol}}.</ref> St. Malo,<ref name= "Tartan register: Bro-Sant-Maloù">{{Citation | place = UK | url = http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=387 | title = Tartan register | contribution = Bro-Sant-Maloù}}.</ref> Rennes,<ref name="Tartan register: Bro-Raozhon">{{Citation | place = UK | url = http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=385 | title = Tartan register | contribution = Bro-Raozhon}}.</ref> Nantes,<ref name="Tartan register: Bro-Naoned">{{Citation | place = UK | url = http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=378/ | title = Tartan register | contribution = Bro-Naoned}}.</ref> St. Brieuc).<ref name="Tartan register: Bro-Sant-Brieg">{{Citation | place = UK | url = http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=386 | title = Tartan register | contribution = Bro-Sant-Brieg}}.</ref> Others have been recently created for smaller areas in Brittany (Ushent, Bro Vigoudenn and Menez Du "Black Mountain").<ref name="Tartan register: Menez Du">{{cite web| work =Tartan register | publisher =National Records | location = Scotland, UK |url=https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=2916 | title = Menez Du |access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="Un Breton en kilt">{{cite web | url = http://reun-jezegou.blog4ever.com/blog/ | title = Un Breton en kilt | last = Reun-Jezegou | publisher = Blog4ever | access-date = 21 August 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130118110627/http://reun-jezegou.blog4ever.com/blog/ | archive-date = 18 January 2013}}</ref> There are three [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]]n tartans recorded in the Scottish registries: Galicia,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Galicia|url=https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=1298|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Scottish Register of Tartans}}</ref> "Gallaecia – Galician National",<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gallaecia - Galicia National|url=https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=5975|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Scottish Register of Tartans}}</ref> and Bombeiros Voluntarios De Galicia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bombeiros Voluntarios De Galicia|url=https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=5799|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Scottish Register of Tartans}}</ref> There is historical evidence of the use of tartan and kilt in Galicia up to the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tartan.galician.org/kilts.htm | title = History of the Kilt in Galicia and Other Celtic Nations | publisher = Kilt and Tartan Gallaecia | access-date = 10 June 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090511015706/http://www.tartan.galician.org/kilts.htm | archive-date = 11 May 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Kilts are also traditionally worn by some people in [[Austria]], especially in [[Carinthia]] and [[Upper Austria]], due to their Celtic heritage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-08-06 |title=Is Austria the true home of the kilt? |url=https://english.radio.cz/austria-true-home-kilt-8089392 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Radio Prague International |language=en}}</ref>
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