Traditional materials, of which Ireland sewed national costumes have always been wool and flax. Men in this country over the long linen shirt worn warm and quite spacious woolen cloaks. By the way traditional Irish cloak has no arms, no hood, no cuts to the hands. It - single cut piece of material, which are fixed a large brooch (fibula). In wealthy people it was brought to the bottom linen shirt worn another, but now short. They produced such things as flax, but only in this case it is particularly distinguished by fine dressing.
As for clothes royals, it might even be sewn from silk. Upper tunic often decorated with colorful, very complex embroidered patterns. In addition to the Irish national dress embroidery can be decorated
with braid (bottom product, sleeves and collar), wedges of colored
fabrics and contrasting thread (external seams).
Earlier
in Ireland operated a special decree on the color, which states that
every Irishman could use to decorate their clothes, and a well-defined
combination of colors (it depended on the type of activity the Irishman
and his position in society). In the more wealthy citizens, national costumes were much more colorful and brighter than the commoner.
On the Irish National Male Costume largely influenced by nothing other than the constant bad weather and strong winds. Therefore, the Irish worn over tight shirts or plaid boucle jackets, which have a sweater or vest to hook. In Ireland, the traditional headdress is a constant wedge cap. In the twentieth century to such a suit it has been added to the black heavy coat greatcoat cut and long coats.