What is your tartan? What is your favorite?

[Jdot84]

My clann tartan is Gunn(I know, Gunn claims alot of septs)I have a Gunn ancient 9yard 13oz wool, and I have an inexpensive poly blackwatch.
I love the Isle of Skye and the loud MacCloed. I want tanks in both but notsure how the MacCloed would go over with me not having ties to the clann.

[KFCarter]

1. Roxburgh Red (Ancient)
2. MacArthur (Ancient)
3. Buchanan (you guessed it, Ancient colors here, too)

I started with a Roxburgh Red tank in honor of the birthplace of an immigrant ancestor on my mother's side. He was a Veatch (Veitch) and the family originally had a holding in Dawyck near Peebles and a very long running feud with the Tweedy family. The Veitches were eventually dispossesed with my ancestor's line landing in Roxburgh.

From my father's side, our surname, Carter is a variant of MacArthur and I have an Ancient MacArthur tank in the works... (I'm told the cloth is on its way).

My third Scottish line comes via my mother's dad... his grandmother was born in Edinburgh and was a MacIndoe. An old family bible entry had "Buchanan Clan" scrawled next to her name... and that agrees with a number of lists that show MacIndoe as a Buchanan sept. I'll be asking about that at the Buchanan tent at the upcoming games here... I'd like to add a Buchanan ancient to my "arsenal" as well.

[DWFII]

I keep watching this board and I seem to be the only one with a connection to MacQueen. Only it was MacSuibhne when the family left for Ireland.

I only have two kilts...a ten yard tank in Scotland's National and a box pleat in Black MacSween (designed and registered by Matt Newsome but as far as I know not showing up in the STA.)

I like them both. In wouldn't mind having an ancient Ulster in 16 ounce, or a Black Watch in 18-22 ounce and and several others.

[Andy]

My sept is Muir (Moore/More) of Clan Gordon. I own and wear a Gordon to represent my clan, but my favorite tartan still has to be the Nightstalker which is basically a Universal.

[socalferg]

I sort of stick with the clan tartan. I have a Ferguson Ancient and a Ferguson Weathered on order. I have a couple kilts in universal tartans I sport for "casual" wear.

[Aldisimo]

For the top three, I'm still going with Bear, Isle of Skye, and XMTS, but there are several more on the BIG list.

[Larry124]

My very elderly aunt says our heritage is Irish but also Scottish Campbell.
I’m not sure that she’s right but who would argue with an 84 year old relation?
Fortunately I like Black Watch.
Otherwise I enjoy universal tartans like IoS and USAK’s Firefighters Memorial.
And solids.
I wear some “recent?” clan tartans because I like the colors. Example: Ramsay.

[O'Callaghan]

My clan is O'Callaghan, on my mother's side. There are only about 20 recognised Irish clans, and about 10 times that number of Scottish ones, but O'Callaghan is one that the Irish government has recognised. There is a corresponding tartan, although it is not recognised by the chief, neither is it atall old, and nor were Irish kilts traditionally tartan anyway, but solid colours instead. On top of all that, the Callaghan tartan is a special order weave. It's quite nice looking, though, and I would wear it if I could justify the cost.

I have Irish district and solid colour kilts rather than a Callaghan kilt. It's cheaper that way.

My wife belongs to the Scottish clan Davidson via her maternal grandmother. I suppose I could wear her tartan. I like the ancient version because the modern is too dark, IMHO.

My father's mother was a Hart, and there is a Scottish tartan associated with that name, although it is not actually a clan. I also have an aunt in that branch who married a Scotsman and became a Guthrie, and they have a clan tartan, but I'm not descended from them.

I have Gunns in my family tree, but they were Irish. Although I hear that clan Gunn will take anybody I'm probably not really connected to the clan.

If I added all the names in my family tree that are on Scottish sept lists I could come up with another half dozen Scottish clans, but the connections are all dubious.

As for a favourite, I'm not sure I have a favourite tartan.

[Wolfhawk]

Texas Blue Bonnet
SWK Nightstalker
Clan Kerr - Hunting

[YoungMan]

My tartan would be Young M or W, from my mother's side. My father's surname is Scottish as well, but unassociated with a tartan.

As for a favorite, undecided is my nature. I did see a MacGregor W that I really liked a while back.