Yesterday, my mail lady, knowing I was a lover of all things irish AND was planning a celtic wedding, gave me her copy of Ireland of the Welcomes. What an amazing magazine, and the issue she gave me had wonderful ideas for celtic/irish weddings and honeymoons. The website has some great links, so if you are an Ireland lover as well, check it out!
August 2006
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August 31, 2006
August 27, 2006
So in case you haven’t been to this site before, we updated! Today has been a flurry of activity of all things wedding. The list is nearly done, and the invites will be on their way this week.
So much fun, so much to do!
August 27, 2006
On Thursday, Karen and I went to go meet with our lovely kilt maker, Bill Watkins. He is such a joy to be with and around, the stories, the facts, the history. So in talking with him about the tartan choices we have, which ones we can rightfully wear, we learned of two that we are delighted about. Here is the text of an email Karen put together, which I think is facinating!
So Bill took our last names–he didn’t know about my Hart lineage–and did some research. We found out that the MacDonalds (Scot orig., but many connections–blood & otherwise–to Ireland) were a ruling family–Lords of Isles–that made many alliances through agreement & marriage, so the original Swans (MacQueens, MacSwein … Sweyn … Swan), and the Mathesons (from MacDonald & MacDonnell & MacDona etc.) were all part of the same group AND also formed alliances with many other clans–the long & short is:
We both have rights to wear the MacDonald tartan as well as the tartan from a larger alliance, the Chattan clan. Both are very pretty and I think it’s fun that we can choose a fabric we like and have some mystical historical connection to it. Click these tartan squares (which are linked) to enjoy the tartans we’re looking at! Whoo hoo! Let the kilt making commence!
