MacGillivray Red Ancient | 13 - 16 oz. Wool

Mill: Loch
Weight: 16 oz.
Clan Motto: Touch Not This Cat
Known Septs Include: GILRAY, GILROY, GILVRAY, MACGILROY, MACGILVRA, MACGILVRAY, MACILROY, MACILVRAE, MCGILROY, MCGILVRA, MCGILVRAY, MCILROY, MCILVRAE, MILROY, ROY
Notes:
Wilson's of Bannockburn, a weaving firm founded c.1770 near Stirling, produced this sett with a black stripe in the centre of the red square (1819). "A characteristic Clan Chattan tartan...", writes D.C.Stewart, "with much in common with the setts of the neighbouring clans in Strathnairn and Morvern."

MacGillivray was an important clan even before the Norsemen were driven out of the Outer Hebrides by King Somerled who was Lord of the Isles in the 12th century. It is a member of the Chattan Confederation. The last Steward of the Clan, Colonel George Brown MacGillivray of Thunder Bay. Ontario, died in 1994. Having no chief, the clan is therefore considered Armigerous.