[4] While popular around the world, Celtic punk is often criticized for certain non-Irish bands appropriating and misrepresenting Irish culture (perpetuating 'Plastic Paddy' stereotypes) with an excessive focus on drinking and fighting.
Around the same time in London, Shane MacGowan and Spider Stacy began experimenting with a sound that became the Pogues, which most consider to be the prototypical Celtic punk band.
[8] Other early Celtic punk bands included Nyah Fearties, Australia's Roaring Jack and Norway's Greenland Whalefishers.
Standard items in Celtic punk fashion include leather jackets, tartans, chains, studs, kilts, and mohawks.
[11] They taught each other the language in DIY classes called 'Gaelic for Punks', and the scene was centered around the Sabhal Mòr Ostaig college on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.