MACDONALD OF THE ISLES HUNTING (ANCIENT) Nonwool now living in Skye

now living in Skye

often called the 'Misty Isle'

The MacAlister tartan was certified by the chief in 1845

is known as the MacGill Society tartan

First mentioned by Wilsons of Bannockburn in 1805

MACDONALD OF THE ISLES HUNTING (ANCIENT) Nonwool now living in SkyeScottish Tartans Society notes: The design first appeared in the Vestiarium Scoticum and is different from earlier setts attributed to the Lord of the Isles or to any of the Clan Donald branches. It is not generally regarded as a clan tartan. The Sobieski Stuart brothers who published the Vestiarium claimed to be the heirs to a manuscript once in the hands of Prince Charles Edward Stuart himself but the original was never produced for public