A Grandfather shirt or Granddad shirt is a long-sleeved flannel or brushed cotton collarless shirt worn throughout Ireland. Traditional shirts are white with coloured vertical stripes. Longer shirts are used as nightshirts or pajamas. The nightshirt version can include a matching nightcap. Most shirts have four buttons. The grandfather shirt and Aran jumper are part of the national costume of Ireland.
The grandfather shirt is also made of Irish linen. The linen version is colloquially known as a Sunday shirt. Sunday shirts are often paired with black trousers or Irish tweed pants and worn to mass, christenings, funerals, and weddings.
In popular culture, a variety of traditional Irish clothing was featured on the BBC series, Ballykissangel and the Irish folk band, The Clancy Brothers were often photographed wearing traditional Irish clothes.
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