MACALISTER (MODERN) Choose:By the metre before publication in the Vestiarium

before publication in the Vestiarium Scoticum (1842)

Andrew & William Smith in their 1850 "Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland" give this sett and say" Our authority for this Tartan is 'use and wont'

Many of the illustrated tartans owe their present day popularity to the publication of this work

Medium Weight

MACALISTER (MODERN) Choose:By the metre before publication in the VestiariumMacAlisters are descendants of Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles. Contemporary accounts of Flora MacDonald (1746) suggest that MacAlisters wore the MacDonald tartan at that time. The MacAlister tartan was certified by the chief in 1845.