MACDONALD (MODERN) Choose:By the metre The principle family is MacBean

The principle family is MacBean of Kinchyle from the northern end of Loch Ness

it was always my intention to design a tartan

following the repeal on the wearing of tartan in 1782

The Stuarts of Bute are descended from the natural son of King Robert II

MACDONALD (MODERN) Choose:By the metre The principle family is MacBeanThis 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