Raincoat color

As long as you leave the flute behind you should pass without comment.

Yes, new raincoat. I was in Oslo a couple of years ago during St Patrick's Day and wondered into the start of the St Patrick's parade from the Oslo S up Karl Johans Gate. My ski jacket is rescue orange in color and was not well received. The revelers were polite enough not to sic their Irish Wolfhounds on me. An orange jacket may fare worst in Ireland than Norway.

Susie,
I think you're onto something here. Treat yourself to a new raincoat!
I think prudence would dictate that this would be a good time to get the new raincoat--orange in parts of Ireland, well, why take a chance of drawing negative attention to yourself on your vacation? Besides, it will be fun to get yourself a new raincoat!

How about a nice khaki color for the new jacket or coat you buy? Completely neutral and goes with everything.

I go with Rebecca's suggestion --Khaki.

The color orange may be associated with the Orange Men of Northern Ireland who wish to keep that nation Protestant. Although I do not believe the Irish are that narrow minded, I would go with the saying There is one in every crowd.

I wish you an enjoyable trip!

Follow Richard's advice, and leave the flute and any sashes that may have been inherited, for example from your father, at home. All an orange raincoat will suggest is here is a person who is wearing an orange raincoat.

If orange was a problem colour in the Republic it would not be on the flag! Trust me, the colour of the raincoat will not be used to answer the 'questions', and would not be used here in Glasgow which has similar issues.

However if you are concerned, it makes a great excuse to get yourself a new rain coat.

I have read ,wink, that that proddy citrus fruit of that hue is forbidden too.

oh my oh my.

If it makes you feel better, change it. It won't matter, but you should feel comfortable. Just don't spend too much on such an issue.

Sounds like the Republic of Ireland citizenry is a lot more civilized with respect to orange than Cal football rooters of the 1960s acceptance of red garments. A female (or male) wearing a red sweater would have been subjected to a "take of that RED sweater" chant with offers of help in removing the red sweater.

PS. Don't wear Giant's geasr in Dodger stadium.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dodgers-found-partly-responsible-in-giants-fan-beating/

For our first trip to Ireland, I bought a raincoat in a dull red. I considered it very basic, unflashy. During the trip we met up with an Irish friend of mine. We were on the subject of how our two countries' citizens dress, and he said Americans wear much "louder" clothes than the Irish. I pointed to my raincoat and said, "Well, this isn't loud, is it?" There was silence, followed by an apologetic look. I got the message. On my next trip there, my jacket was navy blue.

Not really appropriate to use Brian Stowe's tragic beating at Dodger Stadium, nor my Cal Bear's " take off that red shirt chant," directed at arch rival Stanford fans. No comparison to The Troubles. None.

Hope MC will comment, but from here in england and in the sporting context wearing an Orange jacket in east glasgow on an Old Firm game would be something to guarantee you a very Bad day .There has been a number of old firm linked murders in last decade

One of the best things about the last three years and Rangers being dropped through the football trap door, is there have been no Old Firm games until the cup clash this last week. In terms of football Glasgow became a normal city. You will have trouble in the wrong part of Glasgow at the wrong time in the wrong colours, and orange might not be wholly welcome around Parkhead. But Celtic does fly the Irish flag above its grounds. The problem colours would be blue (especially if with red and white) in Parkhead, and green (same caveat with white and orange) in Govan, the caveat is also that ASDA (store colour bright green) has a megastore near Ibrox. That said there are some areas where the colour on the shop fronts at the Coop and Subway have been changed from green, and a security mesh placed over the green lamp on traffic lights. One of these areas also has an ASDA. Off the top of my head one of Parkhead's nearest supermarkets is Tesco, blue, and an area associated with being Catholic is served by Sainsbury's (orange) and the city council uses green and orange as part of its colour identity.

Thankfully the sectarian violence Richard mentions is much, much diminished thanks to a lot of hard work from both Rangers and Celtic, and the Scottish Government and Police Scotland. Certainly colour is not one of the 'magic questions' you get in Glasgow, or in Northern Ireland.

If in Northern Ireland or the west of Scotland you end up in an area as a tourist where your colour choice of clothing is an issue, you have been given some really really bad advice on where to go!