MACDONALD OF THE ISLES HUNTING (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'T' Gow is Gaelic for Smith

Gow is Gaelic for Smith meaning blacksmith

and signed John M

This sett is thought to derive from the 1819 Wilsons of Bannockburn pattern

The MacColl tartan was produced by Wilson's of Bannockburn in 1797 under the name of 'Bruce'

MACDONALD OF THE ISLES HUNTING (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'T' Gow is Gaelic for SmithScottish Tartans Society notes: The design first appeared in the Vestiarium Scoticum and is different from earlier setts attributed to the Lord of the Isles or to any of the Clan Donald branches. It is not generally regarded as a clan tartan. The Sobieski Stuart brothers who published the Vestiarium claimed to be the heirs to a manuscript once in the hands of Prince Charles Edward Stuart himself but the original was never produced for public