MacDonald of Islay & Kintyre / MacDonnell of Dun Naibhig & The Glens Tartan

**Hothir Ethelnor** · 2nd May 10, 05:10 PM

That is the generic MacDonald Clan tartan in brighter colours.

**BoldHighlander** · 2nd May 10, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by Hothir Ethelnor

That is the generic MacDonald Clan tartan in brighter colours.

I wonder why a "generic" MacDonald Clan tartan would be called MacDonald of Islay & Kintyre? Variation in colours? (as Hothir noted its brighter in colour)

If there is no significant difference between this & the generic MacDonald Clan tartan, was there ever a tartan specifically called MacDonald of Islay & Kintyre?

**xman** · 2nd May 10, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

I wonder why a "generic" MacDonald Clan tartan would be called MacDonald of Islay & Kintyre? Variation in colours? (as Hothir noted its brighter in colour)

If there is no significant difference between this & the generic MacDonald Clan tartan, was there ever a tartan specifically called MacDonald of Islay & Kintyre?

Colour tone is a weavers prerogative and wouldn't be a deciding factor. I suspect the difference is in the tread count one having some slimmer red lines than another. These different counts could have been attributed to different divisions of Clan Donald initially but today there likely wouldn't be such a delineation.