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Tartan page. To the right of the page you can see a swatch of the
Fletcher Tartan. Please note that colours may
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Fletcher Tartan. If what you are looking for is
not listed please email us as we may be able to find it or make
it for you.
One of the most magnificent of the many lovely Highland glens is
undoubtedly Glenorchy, whence the Fletcher Clan is said to have
originated. The Fletchers claim descent from Kenneth MacAlpin, the
first king of the united Picts and Scots, and ancestor of our present
Royal family. The Fletchers were the first to 'raise smoke and boil
water' on the Braes of Glenorchy (Is e Clannan-Leisdeir a thog a
cheud smuid thug goil air uisge an Urcha). The patronymic of the
Clan was Mac-an-leistear, and prior to 1700 was written in documents
as 'MacInleister'. When surnames came to be used, in about 1745,
the name was anglicised as Fletcher - the equivalent of the Gaelic
'Leisdear', man of the arrow. The first person to use the English
'Fletcher' seems to have been Archibald the VIIIth Chief. Their
badge is the pine-tree, and their tartan is an arrangement of blue,
black and green, with diagonal lines of red. Their crest is two
arms drawing a bow.
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Products available in Fletcher Modern:
Fletcher Modern Reiver Tartan Fabric |
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