Tartans of Clan MacLean

Tartan of Clan MacLean

The sett of the hunting tartan of Clan MacLean is the celebrated and ancient one, described in the young Laird of MacLean's charter of Nerrabolsadh, 19th March 1578-1579, and described in the old Gaelic song:

	   Bhu mhian leam am breacan tlath
	   Breacan uain' 'us dubh 'us geal;
	   Datha sar Mhich -- Ghillian am flath --
	   Sud an laoch a fhuair mo ghaol.

	   Dear to me is the tartan plaid,
	   The plaid of green and black and white;
	   The colours of the lordly MacLean,
	   The hero of my love.

The sufficiency of the evidence is, however, still questioned.

From: Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands -- Frank Adam, 1908

Testing tartans ... please stand by

Clan MacLean of Duart Tartan:
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Clan MacLean of Duart Hunting Tartan:
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Clan MacLean Tartan:
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Clan MacLean (VS) Tartan:
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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