MACKAY (MODERN) Choose:By the metre The matter was settled by

The matter was settled by 'tanistry' and Duart was recognised as chief

The Murrays of Elibank are decended from the Murrays of Blackbarony in Peebleshire

In order that the matter should be settled and the design be ''known and recognised as the proper tartan of the Tribe of Mar

In their 1850 book 'The Clan and Family Tartans of Scotland' W and A Smith of Mauchline wrote: 'There are several Fancy MacLachland Tartans in the market

Despite that

MACKAY (MODERN) Choose:By the metre The matter was settled byThe pattern shows a marked similarity to the Gunn tartan in all but colour, suggesting a territorial origin for both. Recently historians of Scottish dress have tended to stress the geographical sources, rather than the clan associations of the earliest Highland tartans. A sample was signed and sealed by the Chief for Highland Society of London in 1816. The sett is known as the 'Green' Mackay.