MACFARLANE [BLACK WHITE] (ANCIENT) GENERAL Of the nine independent branches

Of the nine independent branches of the Clan Donald

Also known as Macneil of Colonsay

The structure of the MacNab is identical with that of the Black Watch

The sett is similar to Stewart of Athol

Notes relating to the portrait of Murdoch MacNeil painted by Macleay in 1868 refer to 'the newly designed MacNeill of Colonsay tartan

MACFARLANE [BLACK WHITE] (ANCIENT) GENERAL Of the nine independent branchesThis tartan is unnamed in the Highland Society of London Collection (original has a much smaller sett). A sample in the Inverness Museum and also in the MacGregor Hastie Collection is labelled Wallace Dress. It's also known as the Lendrum or Black and White MacFarlane.