MACDONALD (ANCIENT) CLAN enjoyed a popular following among

enjoyed a popular following among the Scottish gentry in the early Victorian era

rather than the clan associations of the earliest Highland tartans

Before that time Border tartans were generally unnamed

The MacKillops are a Sept of MacDonald of Keppoch and this is the same sett with the blue replaced by black

Fraser & Kirkbright say (Sept 2002) it was made for Highland Queen Sportswear in anticipation of the centenary of Confederation status in 1867

MACDONALD (ANCIENT) CLAN enjoyed a popular following amongThis is oldest recorded version of the Clan sett. It varies slightly from those recorded by Logan, Smibert, Grant etc., but the motif is the same throughout. Of the nine independent branches of the Clan Donald, there are at least 27 different setts. It was not until 1947 that the MacDonalds again had a high chief, MacDhomnuill, who by tradition has the final word on the tartans of the clan. That right was granted to Alexander MacDonald of MacDonald