Irish Ancestry tartans

[Mike_Oettle]

Clearly one man’s meat is another man’s poison. I like the bright (not garish) colours of the old Waterford, while the new version looks appallingly muddy, despite the presence of quite a lot of yellow.
Regards,
Mike

[RockyR]

This is exciting news, Rocky!

My wife's family comes from Longford Co., but the tartan as-is is very "bright",



Is the below the new toned down version?(found with the tartan ferrett) If so, it might be just the ticket to get me into a new kilt and her into a sash.



Now I'm off to start hoarding pennies

ith:

Not sure exactly what the second "longford" is you have shown there or where it came from, but that is a different tartan. The only thing we're doing with Longford is decreasing the large white stripe in the middle (thinning it out a bit). That being said, the colors in that one are actually not as bright as that picture lets on. It's tough to get a good representation of it, but the yellow is a standard "muted gold" color. Here's a pic I took with my cell phone of the actual cloth... the gold is even a bit MORE muted in real life:

[artificer]

Not sure exactly what the second "longford" is you have shown there or where it came from, but that is a different tartan. The only thing we're doing with Longford is decreasing the large white stripe in the middle (thinning it out a bit). That being said, the colors in that one are actually not as bright as that picture lets on. It's tough to get a good representation of it, but the yellow is a standard "muted gold" color. Here's a pic I took with my cell phone of the actual cloth... the gold is even a bit MORE muted in real life:

Weird. It's from the STA



to quote
"This tartan is part of the 'County Crest' range of Irish tartans originally designed by Viking Technology and woven by Marton Mills in 2004. The range of tartans - the ownership and copyright of which were transferred to USA Kilts Inc. in 2012 - are based on the colours found in each of the 32 Irish County crests. This tartan may not be reproduced in any form without the express written consent of USA Kilts Inc."



an error in recording perhaps? Of possibly the wires got crossed somewhere along the way, because blue & yellow is what I've always seen, and the only other tartan that comes up in a "Longford" search is the HoE version.
I definitely like your new version better than the old.

ith:

[RockyR]

Weird. It's from the STA



to quote
"This tartan is part of the 'County Crest' range of Irish tartans originally designed by Viking Technology and woven by Marton Mills in 2004. The range of tartans - the ownership and copyright of which were transferred to USA Kilts Inc. in 2012 - are based on the colours found in each of the 32 Irish County crests. This tartan may not be reproduced in any form without the express written consent of USA Kilts Inc."



an error in recording perhaps? Of possibly the wires got crossed somewhere along the way, because blue & yellow is what I've always seen, and the only other tartan that comes up in a "Longford" search is the HoE version.
I definitely like your new version better than the old.

ith:

The one I took a picture of is the "old" version that is currently available. The only difference will be that the center wide white stripe will be reduced by 50%. The colors of my cell phone pic will be the same as the material whether it's the new or old version. If you like the picture of the physical cloth, then you like the tartan!