And Yet Another Newbie (Tulsa, OK)

**Southern Breeze** · 16th August 06, 05:28 PM

Welcome aboard. Glad you found us.

**slbowli** · 16th August 06, 05:35 PM

Thank you very much for the welcomes. I'm hoping to learn more about kilts. I didn't realize that there were so many makers of them.

**neo71665** · 16th August 06, 05:40 PM

Welcome to the boards from arkansas. I'm sure you'll be able to find your tartan.

**O'Neille** · 16th August 06, 05:45 PM

Good luck on the baby kilt quest, Will it be a right over left or left over right apron closure? O'Neille

**Tattoo Bradley** · 16th August 06, 05:50 PM

Welcome!

What's the tartan you're hunting? There are some folks on this board that can root a tartan out of almost nowhere

**slbowli** · 16th August 06, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Tattoobradley

Welcome!

What's the tartan you're hunting? There are some folks on this board that can root a tartan out of almost nowhere

In an ancient Scottish tartan, my clan is Shepherd. In the Irish clan Maguire.

**macwilkin** · 16th August 06, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by slbowli

In an ancient Scottish tartan, my clan is Shepherd. In the Irish clan Maguire.

Easy-peasy. The Shepherd tartan is also the Northumberland Check, also referred to as the Falkirk tartan/Border/Shepherd's plaid:

http://northumberlandtartan.co.uk/history.html

http://www.regiments.org/tradition/tartans/northumb.htm

http://blog.albanach.org/2006/04/nor...nd-tartan.html

The first link is to the Northumberland Tartan Co. in England, but other kiltmakers offer it, including our own Matt Newsome. It's much more common than you think.

As far as the tartan for the Maguires goes, have a read on Matt's web site:

http://albanach.org/clan.html

http://albanach.org/macquarrie/

You can't go wrong with Matt!

Cheers,

Todd