MACALISTER (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre There is a strong similarity

There is a strong similarity in the pattern structure of the 'Appin' and the MacColl tartans

The Firth of Lorne is an ever changing tidal tapestry and like our tweed reveals threads of vibrant blues from the brightest summer skies to the darkest sapphire storm clouds

Dunure Castle near Culzean on the Ayrshire coast

from which she knitted the accompanying hose when a girl at the turn of the last century

Some of the clan living in the Ballachulish area took protection from the Stewart of Appin

MACALISTER (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre There is a strong similarityMacAlisters are descendants of Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles. Contemporary accounts of Flora MacDonald (1746) suggest that MacAlisters wore the MacDonald tartan at that time. The MacAlister tartan was certified by the chief in 1845.