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Macarthur Ancient Tartan Heavyweight 16oz
A Gaelic proverb states to say that "there is nothing more ancient than MacArthur, the Hills, MacArthur, and the Devil". It is certain that MacArthur was the most prominent of them. MacArthurs were the most senior section of the Clan Campbell since the time in Robert II when the King gave the land of Strachur to Arthur Campbell from whom the Clan's name comes from until the time of James I, when their chief, John, was executed and their power was beginning to diminish. The MacArthurs were a part of the rebellion against Bruce and were rewarded with the lands that had previously belonged to MacDougalls. The chief-ship remains in doubt and could still be within the MacArthurs of Islay. John MacArthur of Strachur who traveled to Australia towards the end and beginning of the 18th century, with his regiment, grew the state in New South Wales, virtually building the foundations for the two major industries of wine and wool. It is the Macarthur Ancient Tartan is dark green as well as black, and yellow.