Quote Originally Posted by KenB View Post
WOW! My guess was simply a "guess based on a bit of PEI history".

I am a M'Donald from PEI. My family is from St. Peter's Bay; just next to the "lots" wherein the John Alexander M'donalds resided. When this challenge was presented I was immediately drawn to it due to my family links to PEI. So, perhaps my Island links really helped me out.
I have the famaily history of the owners of the pieces and it's facinating. They are historically very well connected with the area and descend from a number of the cadet families; Glenaladale, Borrodale, MacEachan etc.[/QUOTE]

I am, however, interested in knowing what this tartan really is. Is it a MacDonald or another unidentified piece? I'd love to know. I'd also love to have a kilt in this as well.
Let's not spoil it for everyone else just yet. All will be revealed. The tartan would make a beautiful kilt. We can discuss once the paper is published.

I'm sure that there is a lot of other stuff out there too just waiting to be discovered and I wish I could find some funding to go over but unfortunately no one over here seems to understand the historical importance.