tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12175305.post113234716376695972..comments2023-10-17T11:26:02.896-05:00Comments on Matthew A. C. Newsome: Irish Tartans: Scottish tartans in disguise?Matthew Newsome, FSA Scot, GTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15512402194674318196noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12175305.post-15701311835085151242010-10-08T05:48:22.908-05:002010-10-08T05:48:22.908-05:00In addition to all of the Irish county tartans, th...In addition to all of the Irish county tartans, they also have designed the popular Irish National tartan.Dating Rule Bookhttp://www.lawofdating.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12175305.post-35997883047972720902010-06-13T05:31:00.157-05:002010-06-13T05:31:00.157-05:00Many institutions limit access to their online inf...Many institutions limit access to their online information. Making this information available will be an asset to all.Research Paperhttp://www.researchpaperspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12175305.post-66023888388685981582010-06-13T05:25:45.583-05:002010-06-13T05:25:45.583-05:00Many institutions limit access to their online inf...Many institutions limit access to their online information. Making this information available will be an asset to all.Research Paperhttp://www.researchpaperspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12175305.post-32712372994739077372008-12-15T04:31:00.000-05:002008-12-15T04:31:00.000-05:00Some 15 years ago I found a book of Irish tartans ...Some 15 years ago I found a book of Irish tartans in Belfast Central Library. This was more comprehensive than the fairly cursory volumes available now on the subject and would have pre-dated the county tartans designed in 1996. It was at least 20 years old at the time but it is no longer in the library cllection and I have not been able to find it since. Does anyone know a possible identity of this book?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14659476751781743685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12175305.post-68687040679027740112008-03-10T13:26:00.000-05:002008-03-10T13:26:00.000-05:00Hey All, Being 100% Irish, I can confirm that ther...Hey All, <BR/><BR/>Being 100% Irish, I can confirm that there really isn't any such thing as an 'irish tartan' (emphasis on the 'tartan'). <BR/><BR/>There are no 'family tartans' in Ireland, and the 'county tartans' are very much the modern invention of irish-americans. <BR/><BR/>Kilts, however, are the 'national' costume of the gaelic/celtic people, and are not specifically Scottish by any stretch of the imagination. The dress uniform of many groups in the irish army, for example, include kilts, and every celt is 'entitled to' wear one as a mark of his pride! <BR/><BR/>The difference, however, is the tartan pattern, or absence there of. Irish kilts are just kilts: - the colour and/or pattern does not matter, or signify anything, and there are just fashion statements. <BR/><BR/>We Irish are adaptive people, so if you've got a kilt - tartan or otherwise - wear it with pride, and dont worry about what the scots will say!<BR/><BR/>KillianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12175305.post-27429468222814107212008-02-27T15:51:00.000-05:002008-02-27T15:51:00.000-05:00My name is Scott Matthew campbell. I feel the mean...My name is Scott Matthew campbell. I feel the meaning to the tartan was based on fortification and it a method of multipication.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12175305.post-1146328876977053222006-04-29T11:41:00.000-05:002006-04-29T11:41:00.000-05:00Brian,Yes, this is the case. The Forde tartan was...Brian,<BR/><BR/>Yes, this is the case. The Forde tartan was always dated to 1880 and attributed to the Clans Originaux book. However, when the STA was recently allowed to examine the contents of that book, they found 185 Scottish tartans included, but not a single Irish one. So the real origins of the Forde tartan remain a mystery!Matthew Newsome, FSA Scot, GTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15512402194674318196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12175305.post-1146265805409694142006-04-28T18:10:00.000-05:002006-04-28T18:10:00.000-05:00Matt, what do you know or speculate about the Ford...Matt, what do you know or speculate about the Forde tartan? It is also one of the "Irish family" tartans previously attributed to "Clan Origineaux."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12175305.post-1135186126480046752005-12-21T12:28:00.000-05:002005-12-21T12:28:00.000-05:00I am confident that Mr Newsome is correct in his a...I am confident that Mr Newsome is correct in his assessment of the origin of the Irish tartans he cites. However, from a historical perspective, the frequent use of adaptations of the Royal Stuart (not Stewart)may result from the broad Irish support of King Jamie Stuart at the battles of The Boyne and of Aughrim in 1690 and 1691. Facts may be true without representing truth when they are taken out of context.<BR/><BR/>Iain Guth MacIan, Domhnullach<BR/>The MacDonnell Of Leinster AssociationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12175305.post-1133201096120483302005-11-28T13:04:00.000-05:002005-11-28T13:04:00.000-05:00Hey, i'm of irish blood. Our family has a tartan t...Hey, i'm of irish blood. Our family has a tartan though i've never seen it (me grandpa has it somewhere). They say that it is really an irish tartan and i really want to find out more about it. Me surname's Allen. Can anyone find out 'bout it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com