Irish County Tartans

[Mr. Kilt]

Cyndi,

Good job on the commission! I'd be delighted to see a sample.

Al, I'll look the name up Monday for you and let you know what I find. Edward MacLysaught is who I meant -- I don't know where the "William" came from. I was going by memory when I wrote that!

Aye,
Matt

Thanks Matt!

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Ok, for those of you whose names I said I would look up.

Gingles = Cyndi pretty much summed it up. :-)

Garvin = This is an Irish name, as Cyndi said, but if you don't like the Irish tartan, consider looking on the Scottish side. Apparantly some Garvins came into Scotland. The name is listed in Black's _The Surnames of Scotland_. The first on record is Hew garvin, a tailor from Glasgow, in 1594. So how about the Glasgow tartan?

Jesse = Best I can tell this is an English name. There are *some* English district tartans (see http://www.district-tartans.com). You say there is a tradition of your family being "Scots-Irish." While we tend to think of these people being lowland Scot in origin (as indeed most of them were), many from northern England also migrated into Ulster and became part of this group. So, as others here have reccomended, the Ulster tartan would be a good choice to honor those roots.

Aye,
Matt

[Jimmy Carbomb]

I KNEW I had this stuff somewhere, and thought that I would throw it into the mix here.

Here's stuff on the Ulster Tartan and the philabegs. Interesting reading. Did I ever mention that I come from a long line of Dixons and Parkinsons... including my Grandfather Ivan Dixon Parkinson?

Ulster Scots Agency

Tartans Authority

[beerbecue]

I've not seen the Ulster tartan available as widely as some of the county tartans (not that I can afford it right now anyway).

Is this usually a special order tartan?

[Thistle Stop]

I've not seen the Ulster tartan available as widely as some of the county tartans (not that I can afford it right now anyway).

Is this usually a special order tartan?

You can buy it from Matt in the 10-oz. weight. See his site at http://www.district-tartans.com/ and click on SHOP, then Ireland, then Ulster.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Thanks for the plug, Cyndi! Here's another link:
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/Irish.htm

Matt

[beerbecue]

The linkouts don't seem to work for that page for the tartan .jpg .

[Thistle Stop]

The linkouts don't seem to work for that page for the tartan .jpg .

You can see big images at the http://www.district-tartans.com/ site.

[mrs_highlandtide]

Some

Is there a name list anywhere? Yes. The House of Edgar has a name list available of most all common Irish surnames and what county or counties that name came from. I have it and use it in our gift shop at work (so I can check a name for you on Monday, if you like). Also, I use The Surnames of Ireland by William MacLysaught as a standard reference on the origins of Irish names. Again, I have that volume at work, so I would be glad to check a name for you on Monday.

Aye,
Matt

I am interested in the names Fleming and Cullipher. Thanks for all your help!
Deetz