Tartans

The Fitzpatricks are one of a small number of Irish Families who have their own family tartan. Its origin is unknown, but records show that is was in existence c1880. It is known that the last Lord Castletown, Bernard Edward Barnaby Fitzpatrick, regularly wore a Fitzpatrick kilt and that he also wore it in the House of Lords in London.
The House of Edgar say that the dress tartan is oldest and therefore most authentic. The modern colours represent a tartan in its new and present state while the ancient colours represent a tartan in its old and faded state. They say that the dress tartan would be seen as fit to wear to an evening or formal occasion. The green tartan (without the white) would be worn on a semi formal basis. According to Douglas Anderson of MacNaughtons, evening wear usually suggests lighter coloured tartans but nowadays most kilt wearers use the hunting or green versions of their tartans as they are more suitable for wearing at any time. The source G.D. is Stewart G. Davidson, who was the original secretary of Scottish Tartan Sociey when it was formed.
This photograph shows Frank Meehan wearing the Fitzpatrick tartan at the Fitzpatrick2000 visit to the ruin of Castletown Castle, Sunday July 16, 2000.

Colour change from TS1813 Clan Originaux. The source of tartan 766 was: G D 'Clan Originaux' was published in Paris in 1880 by J. Claude Fres Et Cie. It contains the earliest known record of a number of Irish tartans and many variations of Scottish Clan tartans. The only copy known to exist was discovered recently in America and is now in the possession of Pendleton Mills in Portland, Oregon. The source of tartan 1813 was: Clan Originaux