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Macthomas Tartan - Tartan Finder | Scottish Kilt History of Macthomas Tartan

I have been performing some studies on macthomas tartan. It is an unhappy (but now not unusual) tale of a clan so rooted in their lands that they unnoticed what became going on in distant places which includes Edinburgh. They were a hit cattlemen at the beginning of the 17th century but that they had their enemies, and in 1676 the MacThomas lands in Glenshee were offered as a result of proceedings and fines for no longer paying fines.The MacThomases who additionally in brief owned Forter estate in Glenisla (along with its then ruined fort) dispersed throughout Scotland and the conventional lands had been abandoned. but the present leader, Andrew MacThomas of Finegand is, unlike his ancestors, at domestic within the international of cash and become a a success banker. He has recently presided over the acquisition for the MacThomas Society in their traditional collecting region, Clach na Coileach or ‘Cockstane (above); and the new bridge on the Spittal of Glenshee has been named after the extended family. Finegand (as he should be addressed) has also written which turned into launched at the gathering in Edinburgh ultimate yr.And if you marvel where ‘Finegand’ comes from, it’s far a corruption of the Gaelic feith nan ceann, which means burn of the heads. it seems that the Earl of Atholl despatched some in particular officious tax gatherers across to Glenshee and the MacThomases took exception to this. They used their dirks and tossed the taxmen’s heads into a nearby burn. Perhaps that is what is being conveyed via the clan crest.


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