Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
I'll put it into a timeline as best I can.

c1580-c1620 Dungiven bog costume trews.

Dug up in 1956 so not included in the review of Irish bog finds reviewed in Old Irish and Highland Dress by HF McClintock.
As mention in a separate thread, the dating is more likely 17th that 16th century.

1880 Clans Originaux.

A tartan swatch-book. Some of the tartans were misidentified as Irish and have been woven as such in modern times. I'm sure there are more, but I found

Murphy/Tara: MacLean of Duart given a green ground.

O Farrell: Royal Stewart given a tan ground.
Neither tartans are included in the STA's copy of Clans Originaux. The earliest reference to the Murphy as Tara that I can find is in 1967. During the 1977 International Gathering of the Clans in Edinburgh this sett was sold to an American visitor as Murphy which is the earliest reliable reference I have for it.

O'Farrell comes from the 1990s records of the now defunct US based TECA (Tartan Educational and Cultural Organisation). Again, there is no early record of this tartan and it appears to be a fashion design.