Originally Posted by
Riverkilt
Years ago I got called out for wearing my Macdonald Lord of the Isles tartan kilt. Kilt Cop was a nut case. We argued...he said only the Lord of the Isles was allowed to wear it. I protested that I'd had a necktie in that tartan for 30 years and the kilt for a few years and that if it was a restricted tartan the mills wouldn't sell it to anyone who wanted it. I verified my 'right to wear the tartan with Clan Donald. The next year's games I asked after the Kilt Cop to confront him again but the lady in the Clan Donald tent said he was such a jerk they asked him not to come back. I know my ancestors - back to my four great grandfather Ludovic Macdonald were from Uig on the Trotternish peninsula of Skye. I also wear the generic Macdonald Tartan and the Macdonald of the Isles weathered hunting. I had the Macdonald of Kingsburgh (next door to Uig) but "outgrew" it and passed it on to my brother.
Just for me - I've thought about other Macdonald tartans but don't feel right wearing the ones from other regions - as beautiful as many are. If I did another it would probably be the generic dress Macdonald.
My feelings on the matter are much like yours. The question I have would be for example, my family is Clanranald but emigrated from the Isle of Lewis, hence my question about "of the Isles" and "Lord of the Isles".
Which branch of the Clan do you folks belong to?
Natan Easbaig Mac Dhňmhnaill, FSA Scot
Past High Commissioner, Clan Donald Canada
“Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we, in dreams, behold the Hebrides.” - The Canadian Boat Song.
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