NEW universal Irish tartan

[CMcG]

Firstly, thanks to all for the kind words.

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Not that you can ever win with the Irish, but I have a feeling there's too much orange for some, and not enough orange for others.

I like it. I think the black gives it nice balance. Congratulations!

Some of my other designs had much more black, various shades of green, and no orange or white at all...

Here's a couple of my favourites that didn't make the cut in the competition:

It reminds me of the St. Patrick tartan.

While not based on the St. Patrick tartan, I agree my tartan does have a certain resemblance. For the sake of comparison, here they are side-by-side.

New World Irish tartan:


Saint Patrick tartan:


Anyone else have a guess about which tartan New World Irish is based on?

[Mike_Oettle]

That is one fine tartan, CMcG. It almost makes me wish I had some Irish blood to justify wearing it!
Regards,
Mike

[MacOibicin]

I respect anyone's creative efforts. Takes b@lls to throw ones' creativity to the masses...so congrats! I can count on one hand how many things I've done that reasonable people would consider creatively worthwhile.

That being said, the tartan is a tad "dressy" for me. To much white for me. Looks like the lassies could be dancing in it.

[westy1970]

Looks like the lassies could be dancing in it.

I could get a billie for my wife. She is Irish by injection . Seriously, It is a very nice Tartan and will end up on the list for me.

[Kett]

Nice design! I hope we can order one some day!

[Lallans]

Yesterday I got political because I was recovering from the news of a double whammy: a RIRA bombing in Ulster plus a local visit from the political wing of the 'other' IRA who are on a recruiting tour in my area (and, as usually happens, are being feted by the local media). So, now I want to say that it is a very handsome tartan and one that any person on the island could wear proudly.

[CMcG]

That is very cool! And an extremely handsom tartan! Nice work, almost makes me wish I was Irish! ;)

That is one fine tartan, CMcG. It almost makes me wish I had some Irish blood to justify wearing it!
Regards,
Mike

It can be worn by anyone of Irish descent or affiliation. <snip>

Weeeellllll, everyone can be Irish (if only by affiliation) at least once per year: Saint Patrick's Day int:

<snip>So, now I want to say that it is a very handsome tartan and one that any person on the island could wear proudly.

Thanks Canuck. As for people on the Emerald Isle wearing it, that's not too likely... apparently kilt wearing in Ireland is mostly limited to pipe bands and Irish dancing. And the Irish in Ireland tend to wear solid saffron or green. See this article written by two prominent members of Xmarks regarding the history of the Irish kilt:
http://www.scottishtartans.org/irish_kilts.htm

That's why I named it the New World Irish tartan. It's the Irish diaspora that has maintained wearing the kilt as a symbol of Gaelic identity, as proposed by Patrick Pearse in 1900.

I respect anyone's creative efforts. Takes b@lls to throw ones' creativity to the masses...so congrats! I can count on one hand how many things I've done that reasonable people would consider creatively worthwhile.

That being said, the tartan is a tad "dressy" for me. To much white for me. Looks like the lassies could be dancing in it.

MacOibicin, thanks for framing your constructive criticism so politely. My personal favourites of the tartans I designed for this contest were the variations on black and shades of green, as shown in post #11. While I don't think the winning design would really pass for a dress or dancing tartan, it nonetheless has a significant amount of white... not as much as the Saint Patrick tartan though!

[Mike_Oettle]

CMcG wrote: “Weeeellllll, everyone can be Irish (if only by affiliation) at least once per year: Saint Patrick's Day. int:”

Well, in South Africa not that much notice is taken of St Paddy’s Day. I once went to a St Patrick’s Day dance at the local RC parish hall (three decades or so ago), but there are no parades or anything of that kind.
Regards,
Mike

[CMcG]

Well, in South Africa not that much notice is taken of St Paddy’s Day. I once went to a St Patrick’s Day dance at the local RC parish hall (three decades or so ago), but there are no parades or anything of that kind.
Regards,
Mike

Mike, that is a terrible pity

[denmcdough]

Mike, I concur with Colin, what a pity there's no St. Paddy's Day celebration in SA. Hmm, okay, maybe you can start a big parade!! LOL!