Question about Scottish Lloyd tartans....

[Kiltman]

Welcome, and nice question. Tartans and their designation are modern inventions. If you like a tartan, wear it. I prefer to have some connection with the tartans I wear. There are many territorial tartans and several universal tartans.

[macwilkin]

Moved thread to heraldry & tartans section. Please post all tartan-related questions here.

Many more recently-designed tartans with the names of families are personal tartans designed by an individual for personal use. Most will allow others with the same surname to use them.

Cheers,

Todd

[KiltWearingIrishHooligan]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I appericate it greatly. I've looked into some of the Lloyd tartans, and will most likely not get them soon. I'm rather cheap truth be told, and cant afford it right now.(the joys of being a college student ha). If anyone has a suggestion on where to find a good priced Irish province kilt it would be appericated, as I'm Irish thru and thru. Though, I do have one Scotch ancestor, so perhaps I'll get the Stewart tartan. Peace everyone.

Erin Go Bragh!

J.Heaston McLloyd

[Cawdorian]

JH,

Welcome to the forum. If you have traced your McLloyd ancestors back to Ulster, Ireland, you are probably Scots-Irish and your ancestors were most likely Irish of Scots descent. Many of the Scots who emigrated to the US during the early to mid 1700's were from the Ulster region of Ireland.

If you are interested in this story, get a copy of James Leyburn's great book "The Scotch Irish". It should be on the shelf at Barnes & Noble.

[Tattoo Bradley]

For the money, I would recommend buying an Ireland's National from USA Kilts . You can get a casual model for a GREAT price. I have one and I love it to death. Be careful though. Rocky (USAK owner) puts an addictive chemical in his tartans! Once you strap one on, you'll want another and another and ANOTHER! Good luck to ya.

[starbkjrus]

I'll echo Bradley. I have one of those myself (as several other members do) and it's an excellent kilt at a great price.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

And I'll echo the echo! Say, does that make it in stereo? The IN from USAK is awesome. My favorite kilt for going out and having fun.