Description
The official Douglas tartan!
Regions: Lowlands
Clan Motto: Jamais Arriere! Never Behind!
Gaelic for ‘dark/black river/stream,’ this is indeed a classic pattern with forest green, hues of navy blue, and stripes of cobalt blue. The territory surrounding Douglas Waters was given to the progenitor Theobald the Fleming in 1147. So powerful were the Douglasses by the 15th century, they were duped into attending, what is now called, the Black Dinner with the boy-king, the 10 yr old James II. After the meal, a black bull head, the symbol of death, was brought in and placed on the table. The chiefs were dragged out to Castle Hill, given a mock trial and mercilessly slaughtered.
Common American sur-names like Young, Kirk, Brown, Foster, and Kirkland are septs of Clan Douglas, as well as many more!
Curly –
Great kilt
Love them!!!!
Shu –
Excellent PUrchase
This was my 4th kilt…two comfys, a cammo and now the Douglas Sport Kilt…all have been great.
Tim McDonough –
Strange size
First let me start by saying that Sport Kilt did an amazing job of fulfilling my order quickly and accurately in time for my Robby Burns party. Well done. I am 5’8″ with a waist of 33″ so I went with the medium as directed by the sizing chart. Yikes. The kilt fit fine but there is no way of using the buckle straps, you have to be a 31″ waist to get those to work. If you’re on the border line, go a size bigger for sure. Quality was outstanding.