File talk:Scottish soldiers in service of Gustavus Adolphus, 1631-cropped-.jpg

The picture's description reads

Scottish soldiers in service of Gustavus Adolphus, 1631.

Alas, the (German) text on the picture reads

In solchem Habit Gehen die 800 In Stettin angekommen Irrlander oder Irren.

which translates to

The 800 Irish that have arrived in Stettin are marching / walking in these vestments / this habit.

Thus I strongly doubt these to be Scottish soldiers.

At that time the king of scotland was the king of ireland I think. Perhaps just historic confusion? ~Bonville — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.10.251.78 (talk) 02:14, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

More like (better loose translation in my mind)...

In such garments, 800 Irish arrived in Stettin

The question isn't that the caption doesn't clearly state that they were Irish (although whoever wrote the initial description clearly doesn't understand even the most basic of German), the question is if the caption is accurate in terms of Irish vs Scottish identity from a German illustration at the time. Anyone? 67.182.14.249 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 11:25, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See also Catalog of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Additionally, it looks like the file name originally came from the NY public library. I'm really doubting it's accuracy at this point. 67.182.14.249 (talk) 12:16, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Someone apparently wrote a book about the Scottish regiments using part of this image on its cover: An old Scots brigade

If this is actually Irish period costume, and depicts Irish soldiers, that is hilarious. I am still looking for a better source. WilsonLB (talk) 07:04, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I got this from comments on this picture in Talk:Thirty Years' War#Scottish? Irish? A confusion of picture captions:

According to the original German broadsheet that the picture was printed in, they actually are Scottish mercenaries, but wearing "Irish" (that is, Highland) dress. My source is 'The Civil Wars' ed Kenyon and Ohlmeyer, OUP, 1998, which reproduces the same image and discusses it. In the 17-18th centuries the term "Irish" was often used to refer to the clan-based Gaelic-speaking people living in northern Scotland as well as their closely-related neighbours in Ireland.

So, yes, Scots. --A D Monroe III (talk) 22:53, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]