TITANIC TARTANS An Ulster Scots Cultural Odyssey Clifford SMYTH Ambassador (2009) -

Confirms the Gaelic oral tradition that the Scotsman s kilt originated in antiquity. Overturns the claim that two Englishmen invented the kilt in 1727. Demonstrates a fascinating link between the Ulster Tartan unearthed at Flanders townland, County Londonderry, in April 1956 and the contemporaneous Scottish Lennox tartan. This is an early example of family or clan tartans from the 1600s. Establishes a series of credible links between tartan found among ancient mummies at Wupu (Qizilchoqa) in China and tartan in Scotland today! Asks whether the Apostle St. Andrew visited Scotland in the 1st century AD, and explores the northern routes this Apostle would have travelled. Calls for a re-evaluation of Scotland s famous Declaration of Arbroath (1320 AD). How did medieval scholars know the Scots ancient ancestors wandered in Greater Scythia, where the tartan wearing mummies have been found! The Declaration of Arbroath is acknowledged as a forerunner of the American Declaration of Independence. Introduces contemporary designs in Titanic Tartans inspired by Ulster s own 16th-century tartan. Re-discovers Ireland s long lost kilt and demonstrates that this garment shares its heritage with similar kilts from the ancient Mediterranean civilizations. This book explores the mysterious origins of tartan. Based on an analysis of ancient Ulster fabric, it weaves a fascinating and credible link between Ulster's past, the ill-fated RMS Titanic and an innovative tartan design that tells the story of the ship.