Glennie of MacIntosh

[scoutniagara]

I was asked what clan I belonged to with my signature here. "Touch Not the Cat Bot a Glove", is a slogan of a few clans related to the Tosh, or leader of a confederation of northern Highland clans, called Clan Chattan, or the clan of the cat. Glennie, is a sept of MacIntosh. I wear the green-based hunting MacIntosh to signify my outdoorsey nature (hence my webusername), and my brother wears the red-based clan tartan, just because. My clan's battle cry is "Loch Moy!", where my clan chieftain's estate (which I have toured) is located, just southeast of Inverness.

[Dirk Skene]

My very non-kilt frendly wife is a MacIntosh. You say you have been to John Mackintosh's estate. My wife wants to do the same. How much advanced notice must you give & who do you contact about it?

I also understand John used to be a school teacher. Is he still one?

[Tattoo Bradley]

Excellent. I had wondered myself about your slogan...

[macwilkin]

Moved to heraldry & tartans section.

TJW

[Macman]

Very cool! I would like to visit Moy Hall sometime too, so I echo dirkskene's questions.

[flairball]

It's good to see some of Clan MacKintosh (MacIntosh) present, and well represented. My family too is a sept of Clan MacKintosh. My surname is Rich, which probably suffered a name change a some point in the past. Currently my Hunting MacKintosh kilt is under construction, due in the early spring. If any of you haven't seen it yet, this might be of some interest to you. http://www.clanmackintoshna.org/

[Deil the Yin]

My mom is a McIntosh, so I often stop by their tent at Highland games. On a visit to their tent at Grandfather Mtn a few years ago...I chatted with a young fella of the Clan Chattan who was telling me that the Chief is very down to earth and really open to showing clan members (at any rate) some of Moy Hall and such. It would probably help if you were a paying member of the Clan Chattan Society, but I thought it was a great compliment to the Clan Chattan Society... Plus the weathered McIntosh is an AWESOME tartan. I freakin' love it...!

[flairball]

I've seen lots of MacKintosh Tartans, but I've never seen the Weathered one. Could you post a link, of a pic. I'm interested in seeing this one too.

Thanks

[Deil the Yin]

I've seen lots of MacKintosh Tartans, but I've never seen the Weathered one. Could you post a link, of a pic. I'm interested in seeing this one too.

Thanks

Weathered Hunting MacIntosh


Well, I didn't find the weathered Clan MacIntosh tartan, but I did find the Weathered Hunting, which looks awesome, too. Now I dont know wheather the fella was wearing Weathered Hunting or Clan???

In my experience the "Weathered" colours as they're called are fairly scarce, but I like them much more than "Ancient" tartans. For instance, I know of only one weaver who offers Weathered MacGregor (LochCarron), which is what Mr Newsome is making my new Kilt in, so if your kiltmaker doesn't use LochCarron, your just out of luck. Through my travels in Scotland I've also come under the impression that Hunting and Muted/Weathered/Ancient tartans, especially the darker Hunting colours, are very popular.

[Deil the Yin]

I was asked what clan I belonged to with my signature here. "Touch Not the Cat Bot a Glove", is a slogan of a few clans related to the Tosh, or leader of a confederation of northern Highland clans, called Clan Chattan, or the clan of the cat....

Not meaning to step on your toes or anything, I just wanted to clarify more specifically the Gaelic origin of MacIntosh/MacKintosh/McIntosh...

I believe the original Gaelic to be Mac an Toiseach, which if you are familiar with any Irish politics, the modern title of their "President" is Toiseach, though I think they pronounce it "TEE shuch" as opposed to the Scots Gaelic "TOSH uch"... Conincidentally, from my Gaelic dictionary, I discovered that toiseach also means beginning or origin! In Kentucke where my Mom's people are from we say MAK-n-tush!

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