Irish family colors?

Question

Wondering if anyone knew what, or where to find tarten colors for Delaney

Answer 1

The Irish did not use tartans and plaids. Instead they wore decorative mantles and elaborate cloaks.

"introduced to the then unnamed country of Scotland by the Scots, who moved from Ireland to re-found their ancient kingdom, Dalriada. It was they who gave Scotland its name".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A794405

"The clan tartan is the most powerful worldwide symbol of kinship, and the kilt the most distinctive national dress. There are records of check patterns (the essential element of tartans) from early times, King James III, who appointed his taylor to his Secret Council, may have had tartan curtains round the royal bed in 1488. The Kilt is a product of the early 18th.century, and the clan tartan, worn as a mark of corporate recognition, came rather later"..Sir Walter Scott's assistant, Colonel David Stewart of Garth "In 1822 published

'Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland', in which he asserted: "In dyeing and arranging the various colours of their tartans, they displayed no small art and taste, preserving at the same time the distinctive patterns,(or setts, as they were called) of the different clans, tribes, families and districts...distinguished by his plaid".He produced no source of evidence for this important claim.

And the myth was born.

extracts from"Scotland and Her Tartans"ISBN 0 86283 880 0

Tartans

There are no strict rules on who has the right to wear a particular tartan. People normally wear only the tartan (if any) of their surname, or a "district tartan" connected with where they live or where their family come from.

Wearing a particular clan tartan indicates that the wearer bears an allegiance to the chief of that clan. A tartan which uses the name of a clan may only do so if the chief of that clan has given his approval to the particular design.

There is no official register of tartan. Records of designs are maintained by the Scottish Tartans Authority, Fraser House, 25 Commissioner Street, Crieff, Perthshire, PH7 3A Y.

surname: O'Delaney - Clan Cian (O'Carroll)

Acknowledged by the Chief Herald of Ireland 1983. The Clan Cian tartan includes the primary colors representing the three kingdoms of Munster. These were Desmond, Thomond, and ancient Ormond or the Kingdom of Eile.

http://www.clancian-carroll.com/tartan.s...

http://www.nli.ie/en/history-of-the-offi...

http://www.tartansauthority.com/Web/Site...

Answer 2

I looked a bit, seems your Delaney clan is or was from County Kildare:  This link may help you look a bit:

http://houseoftartan.co.uk/irish/matchpr...

Irish myself, had no idea that I might find a tartan for my family.