Was Tartan ever actually banned?

[Jock Scot]

I have been around in Scotland,one way or another, for some 70 years and it was not until I joined this website some three years ago that I had ever heard of "Kirkin the Tartan". Now, I do not profess to be an expert on many things, least of all church festivals and events, but I rather think that if the event in question had any historical relevance then I may have known about it some long time ago. It most certainly is not an event celebrated in this part of the Highlands anyway and as far as I am aware, it never has been.

As to the enforcing the "tartan ban" I have no evidence that it was actually was enforced rigorously. Did the British army need that sort of lame excuse for their excesses at that time?I think not. As far I am aware the ban only concerned tartan coats, not tartan kilts. Perhaps I am wrong? But I don't think so.