MACPHIE (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'K' "belongs rather to mythology than

"belongs rather to mythology than to history

one in 1734 in possession of George Buchanan

Some of the clan living in the Ballachulish area took protection from the Stewart of Appin

The Gows or MacGowans were associated with the MacDonalds and the Clan Chattan

From the 1750 portrait of the MacDonald Boys by Jeramiah in Armadale Castle on the Isle of Skye

MACPHIE (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'K' "belongs rather to mythology thanMacPhies, MacFie, or MacDuffie held lands on the Isle of Colonsay until the mid seventeenth century but were later scattered by the clearances. They were the hereditary Keeper of the Records to the Lords of the Isles. The present Commander, Sandy MacPhie, lives in Queensland, Australia. The resemblance of this tartan to that of the Camerons may denote the MacFies' allegiance to that clan on the mainland after they were dispersed from Colonsay.