New tartan has arrived!

[chasem]

looks great

[macwilkin]

A tip o' the bonnet for such a grand tartan! Please keep us updated about its status with the STA.

The tartan reminds me that the Irish actress Maureen O'Hara is a Fitzsimons -- In "The Quiet Man", two of her brothers, Charles Fitzsimons and James (Lilliburn) O'Hara, played Hugh Forbes and Fr. Paul, respectively.

Perhaps a sash or scarf of the new tartan might be sent to Ms. O'Hara?

Cheers,

Todd

[Barb T]

Beautiful tartan!!

Barb

[Rob Wright]

Now that is nice!

Rob

[MacSimoin]

Thank you all for your kind words...I'm happy to see the MacSimoin tartan receive such praise from "those in the know". People like you lot led me to this site in the first mainly because I needed someone to steer me in the right direction with getting this tartan off the ground. I am grateful especially to Matt Newsome for his generous advice and assistance---his expertise on kilts, kiltmaking and the history of the kilt itself is highly credible and nothing short of amazing.

I realized I'd forgotten to mention the colors in the MacSimoin tartan in my initial post: I should clarify them here as well because there's already been the misconception that a shade/hue of blue exists in the tartan. There is no blue in the color scheme---the MacSimoin tartan colors are green, olive green, dark green, light tan and dark red.

To answer some questions:

When will the first kilt be ready?
Possibly as early as December 2005.

Perhaps a sash or scarf of the new tartan might be sent to Ms. O'Hara?
That's a thought well received though I'd need genuine contact information for Ms. O'Hara. I'd be happy to provide her with either item providing I'm able to find someone who can manufacture sashes and scarves from tartan material.

Thanks again for all your compliments and encouragement.

[macwilkin]

Perhaps a sash or scarf of the new tartan might be sent to Ms. O'Hara?
That's a thought well received though I'd need genuine contact information for Ms. O'Hara. I'd be happy to provide her with either item providing I'm able to find someone who can manufacture sashes and scarves from tartan material.

Try:

http://www.quietmanmovieclub.com/

I believe they have some contact with her. Des McHale is their contact person.

Cheers,

Todd

[MacSimoin]

Todd,

Thanks for the link. I'll keep this handy and contact Des McHale when the time comes.