The Laverty Tartan

by Tom Laverty

This page is dedicated to information about the Laverty tartan. This is a work in progress and I apologize in advance for the incompleteness or incorrectness of this page.

There are very few Irish family tartans, unlike Scotland where there are hundreds. At this time an exact Laverty-only family tartan is not known, however there are some 

As is the case with many Irish surname tartans, there are several that are appropriate for Laverty. The first appropriate tartan is a family (or clan) tartan. A clan is defined as a social group whose core comprises a number of families derived from a common ancestor. Most people of Irish heritage wear the tartan of the county or province where their families lived, known as a district tartan.

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The first one is the O'Neill tartan, Laverty being a branchline relative.

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