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23 April 2024

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Tartan Details - MacKessog

The information held within The Scottish Register of Tartans for the "MacKessog" tartan is shown below.


STA ref:	6928
STWR ref:	none
Designer:	O'Hagan, Bernard
Tartan date:	01/01/2006
Registration date:	This tartan was recorded prior to the launch of The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Category:	Corporate
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Registration notes:	The MacKessog tartan was designed in 2006 to commemorate the saint who came to Loch Lomondside in 510 AD to bring Christianity to the people of Argyll. Saint Kessog founded a monastery on the island of Inch Tavannach and a church in Luss nearly 1,500 years ago. In his memory Redshanke of Inverary has designed this tartan which has been woven on the Isle of Islay. The tartan is exclusive to the Church and Pilgrimage Centre of Luss. The tartan is based on the Bruce sett due to the veneration of Kessog by King Robert the Bruce, who led his soldiers into the battle of Bannockburn in the name of the blessed Kessog and established Luss as a major pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. The colours are : two shades of green for the hills, blue for the loch, a white stripe to create the Scottish saltire, a purple stripe for the heather and for Kessog's ecclesiastical significance, and a red stripe for his martyrdom. The saint was murdered in 520 AD at Bandry, a small village just south of Luss. All pilgrims visiting Luss and those who choose to be married here are entitled to wear the MacKessog tartan as their own. A woven sample is preserved by the Scottish Tartans Authority.

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