Are Clergy and Clark the same tartan?

**ardchoille** · 22nd June 08, 07:45 PM

Are the Clergy tartan and the Clark tartan one and the same? I have seen some swatches and they appear different to my eye, but folks seem to speak as if these are the exact same tartan. I can't seem to find any reliable information about Clan Clark and some tartan finders show several different swatches for both tartans. Can someone shed some light on this? Anyone know any history of these two tartans?

**ccga3359** · 22nd June 08, 07:55 PM

I believe I have seen a couple of variations of the Clergy tartan. The main one (?) is Clark though. I've often wondered why Clark is assosiate with Clergy myself.

**macwilkin** · 22nd June 08, 08:05 PM

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://www.albanach.org/clergy_tartan.htm

Yours aye,

Todd

**ardchoille** · 22nd June 08, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://www.albanach.org/clergy_tartan.htm

Yours aye,

Todd

Aha, thanks for that link.

UPDATE: That is a very interesting article and answers my question perfectly. Thank you, Matt Newsome, for all of the work you do in getting information to the masses, your efforts are very much appreciated.

**Tattoo Bradley** · 22nd June 08, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://www.albanach.org/clergy_tartan.htm

Yours aye,

Todd

Beat me to it!

But, you should definitely read that article. It'll answer all your questions.

**ccga3359** · 22nd June 08, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by Tattoo Bradley

Beat me to it!

But, you should definitely read that article. It'll answer all your questions.

You're a Mod, you coulda posted anyway then deleted Todd's response, taken all the credit and moved yorself one step closer the coveted silver Mod badge and 22 oz XMarks great kilt

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**RadioKen** · 22nd June 08, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by ccga3359

...and moved yorself one step closer the coveted silver Mod badge and 22 oz XMarks great kilt.

They have that?? Wow...and here I thought that all they got was headaches and abuse!

~Ken

**Nighthawk** · 23rd June 08, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://www.albanach.org/clergy_tartan.htm

Yours aye,

Todd

Wow! Thanks for that! What an interesting read. I actually have two kilts in two different Clergy tartans- I have a Sport Kilt in the Clergy ancient, and a USAK in the Clergy modern. I've been a bit curious where the two patterns came from.

**Galician** · 23rd June 08, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

Wow! Thanks for that! What an interesting read. I actually have two kilts in two different Clergy tartans- I have a Sport Kilt in the Clergy ancient, and a USAK in the Clergy modern. I've been a bit curious where the two patterns came from.

Nighthawk, do you see a big difference in the patterns? I have a Clergy from Sport Kilt, and it is pretty similar to a tank from Scotland which I have in the same tartan. I didn't think that SK did different shades like Ancient.

The one I have from the Frugal Corner, on the other hand, is very bright in fluorescent light.

**Nighthawk** · 23rd June 08, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by Galician

Nighthawk, do you see a big difference in the patterns? I have a Clergy from Sport Kilt, and it is pretty similar to a tank from Scotland which I have in the same tartan. I didn't think that SK did different shades like Ancient.

The one I have from the Frugal Corner, on the other hand, is very bright in fluorescent light.

"The official Clergy Ancient tartan!" From SK's website. Yes, it's different. The one I have from USAK is the same as the one from Frugal corner... only not nearly as neon.