Scotsman article - Was tartan really banned after Culloden?

[figheadair]

Was tartan really banned after Culloden? A liittle article in the Scotsman tackles the subject. The piece is an extract of my paper The Tartan Ban – Fact or Myth?

[jesuisprest]

It is good to see that your research in this area is getting this sort of publicity. It was frustrating to go to the Prince Charlie Exhibition at the National Museum just to see the myth purpetuated. Thanks for sharing this with us!

Best,
Adam

[Tarheel]

People will cling to a myth if it suits them more than the facts of a past event. Thank you for providing a platform for the facts to gain credit. When the media picks up on a subject and supports it with research like you own, more people are able to defend the truth. Thanks again Peter.

Nay-sayers will always try for a foothold.

[Damion]

I don't see that as a refutation as the banning of tartan more usually refers to male attire. I suspect the average person who is critical of the ban has never heard of an arisaid.

The reality is that in the intervening 40 years, the equivalent of two generations, the habit of wearing highland clothing had died out and become relegated to the military and a few noble families. Exceptions were always made to the nobility back then if it could be showed that they were loyal.

The myth which does need to be more overcome is that the defeat in 1746 resulted in the clearances which came near a century later and were the result of the then chiefs and not some dastardly Sassanach plot.

[The Q]

The kilt didn't entirely Die out, I have a book by an English (as in thats where he came from) teacher, who was appointed to South Uist as a school master in the late 1800s /early 1900s and he reports the children coming to school in kilts. That is, as part of their every day clothing not part of a uniform...