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2nd November 24, 11:20 AM
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 Can anyone identify this tartan
My maternal grandmother identified as Irish (rest in peace), and I saw this scarf in my mother's room, presumably to honor Grandma.
I thought it might be fun if I could secretly match it to surprise my mother.
I went to the only local clan shop she might have visited, but they didn't carry the same brand, so she probably bought it online.
 
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2nd November 24, 03:22 PM
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2nd November 24, 10:39 PM
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 Originally Posted by figheadair
Thank you!!!
That makes sense, as we're MacDonalds through Grandma.
I feel extremely sheepish for not having checked all the MacDonald variants.
I'm very impressed you were able to discern the tartan so quickly, and without context.
I'm sure my mother picked that variant for the green. Grandma identified as Irish, as her grandfather emigrated from Ulster Ireland.
I was looking through tartans with connections to Ireland. It didn't occur to me stick with her name, and search for one that "looks" Irish.
Thank you again!
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3rd November 24, 04:57 AM
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Peter wasn't that tartan taken from this portrait?
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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3rd November 24, 05:16 AM
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By the way this tartan is worn by a local High School Pipe Band here in California.
The town is Upland, and it lives up to that name, being in the foothills of a huge mountain range.
Note the farmland on the Bass Drum- up until the 1960s that's what the area was like. No more!
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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3rd November 24, 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by User
I was looking through tartans with connections to Ireland.
There were very few tartans connected to Ireland until 1986 when the mill House Of Edgar came out with their range of Irish County tartans, which have become quite popular.
Like tartans of old, the colours were chosen to make beautiful tartans (rather than for some ulterior purpose).
Here they are https://www.houseofedgar.com/product...ounty-tartans/
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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3rd November 24, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by OC Richard
Peter wasn't that tartan taken from this portrait?
Richard,
It was indeed.
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Does Prince William now hold the title of "Lord of the Isles", Peter? I assume so, but.........?
" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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Originally Posted by Jock Scot
Does Prince William now hold the title of "Lord of the Isles", Peter? I assume so, but.........?
Jock,
He does, along with his premier Scottish title Duke of Rothesay.
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Originally Posted by figheadair
Jock,
He does, along with his premier Scottish title Duke of Rothesay.
Thank you Peter. I thought that it might be the case.
" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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