MacSporran Tartan

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Part of Clan MacSporran

About this tartan

By tradition the MacSporrans, whose name means 'son of the purse', were purse-bearers to the MacDonald Lords of the Isles, who ruled the Hebrides and much of the west Highlands. The name appears to come from Kintyre, and the earliest record of the modern form is Duncan Roy McSpairand in 1541. Over time the name was counted within Clan MacDonald, and one surname history says some bearers were pressed into the anglicized form Pursell after the 1745 Rising

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Modern or Ancient?

Same pattern, different dyes. Modern uses deep, saturated colours; Ancient uses the softer tones associated with natural dyes.