MACNEIL OF BARRA (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'R' Pattern from the manuscript of

Pattern from the manuscript of William and Andrew Smith's 'Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland'

Smibert (1850) publishes this design which he says

Scottish Tartans Society records say: Ecclesiastical purple for St Kessog and red from the Lennox tartan with green and aqua for the natural colours of the area

The Hepburns are associated with Hermitage Castle in Liddesdale and the history of Mary

MACNEIL OF BARRA (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'R' Pattern from the manuscript ofThe MacNeils claim descent from Niall, King of Ireland, who came to Barra in 1049. There is a separate tartan for the MacNeils of Colonsay. The MacNeils are hereditary pipers to the MacLeans of Duart.