MacDonald of Islay & Kintyre / MacDonnell of Dun Naibhig & The Glens Tartan

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Okay, in another thread I mentioned that "I know there isn't a Macdonald of Kintyre tartan (that I'm aware of), but there is a Kintyre 'fashion' tartan registered", however while checking out this site yesterday, I discovered much to my surprise (& joy) a tartan listed as MacDonald of Islay & Kintyre and MacDonnell of Dun Naibhig & The Glens!

MacDonald of Islay & Kintyre and MacDonnell of Dun Naibhig & The Glens
“Cath Dath” (Battle Color) of Clan Donald (WR420)

This was Wilson’s rendering of the original MacDonald tartan found at Culloden and became the standard MacDonald regimental sett worn during the 19th Century. Clan Donald of Skye uses a tartan of scarlet with bands of pale green, while Islay uses this more ancient pattern with the very narrow black line (to indicate the Line of the Tanister of Islay).


Any assistance in answering my questions would be greatly appreciated

You need to treat this (MacDonald of Leinster) site with a great deal of caution/scepticism. There is no such tartan as MacDonald of Islay & Kintyre and MacDonnell of Dun Naibhig & The Glens
“Cath Dath” (Battle Color) of Clan Donald , it is simply the Clan Donald sett.

Further, the claim that the Clan Donald tartan was found at Culloden is, to put it politely, rubbish. Nor do I know to which regiment the writer referred when he claimed that it was the standard MacDonald regimental sett in the C19th - there was no MacDonald Regiment. He may of course be referring to the Glengarry Fencibles but we don't know for certain which sett they wore and there is evidence (the Kaufmann portrait of Glengarry in his regimentals) that a different setting was worn.