ADOPTION OF THE HONOURARY MACCARTHY REAGH TARTAN

4 September 2025

With great joy and honour we announce the MacCarthy Reagh Clan Tartan—a distinctive emblem of unity, heritage, and cultural identity for all descendants and friends of the Clan MacCarthy Reagh.

Though kilts and tartans are Scottish in origin rather than Irish, our adoption of an honorary tartan is a fitting modern expression of identity within the wider Gaelic world. This tartan was designed by the Chief of Clan Poole as a gift and gesture of friendship, and so forges a visible link between our clan and today’s vibrant cultural revival.

The design weaves green, red, blue, white, black, and gold. Drawing inspiration from the official tartan of County Cork, it highlights the red and gold long prominent in MacCarthy heraldry, while the white and black bands represent the black fleurs-de-lis on the white field of the Chief’s coat of arms.

Created for the global MacCarthy Reagh diaspora, this tartan may be worn with pride as a unifying mark of kinship and a widely recognisable modern sign of our Gaelic origins.