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5th August 10, 08:25 AM
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 Originally Posted by figheadair
I'm looking for information on the Castle Tioram Regiment (Canada) of the late C18th/earlyC19th. Can anyone point me to any source info?
Electric Scotland - http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...e_pioneers.htm contains the following passage Macdonald himself had organized five Highland Societies in the provinces, i including the Caledonian Society of the Island, and at his personal request the Duke of Gordon, "Cock o’ the North", became their patron. He had also been commissioned to select a tartan for their use, and the choice of it was left to Miss Macdonald, granddaughter of Flora, who decided upon a plaid of the mingled colours of Gordon and Macdonald clans. This was also the regimental plaid of the Castle Tirrim regiment of the Island.
I presume that this was the tartan discussed here - http://www.scottishtartans.co.uk/Flo...I%20Sample.pdf but I'd be really interested to find any contemporary references as opposed to the anonymous and unreferenced Electric Scotland piece.
Here is an article from 1901 that I found on Google Books:
http://books.google.com/books?id=RyU...giment&f=false
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