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From Tartan Gallaecia:
"In Galicia, male skirts were worn up until the 18th century. In much earlier times, dated from the 3rd century BC, archaeologists have found several statues of Galician kings wearing a primitive kilt which shows clearly a tartan pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands."

"The modern Galician national costume dates back from the late 18th century, when the trousers had eventually displaced the masculine skirt in daily wear.

There is however graphic evidence of the wearing of the kilt in Galicia up until the 18th century, such as the portrait of a man from the city of Betanzos who appears wearing kilt, or a 18th century painting of a wedding in the city of Tui, where the groom and the piper also appear wearing the kilt."

For more information in the history of kilts in Galicia, go to this website.

With a clear POD (18th century), make kilts/tartans stay as part of the traditional costume of Galician men until present times, instead of shifting to trousers, just like in OTL.

Note:
When I say Galicia in this scenario, it's the Spanish autonomous community well-known for Cathedral of St. James in Santiago de Compostela.
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