Kiernan
In pattern WGKRKRKRGW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1958
Also known as
This cloth is also recorded under:
- Kiernan
- Kiernan )
Attestations
This cloth appears in 4 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1978 — Kiernan (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1978 — Kiernan (Clan)) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Keirnan (weddslist, record)
- undated — Keirnan Irish Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1800. Earliest known date: 1880 This pattern was recorded by Bill Johnston, Shippak, USA in 1978 along with other patterns extracted from the 'Clan Originaux' at Pendleton Mill. This and other Irish patterns appear to have originated in the former Waterford Mill in Ireland before they arrived at Pendleton in the late 19C See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1958
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1800
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1800
Thread count
LN/4 G8 K12 R4 K4 R4 K6 R4 G40 LN/2

Palette
Each colour and the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base |
|---|---|---|
| G | #287438 oklch(49.7% 0.119 147.6) #287438 | G #006100 |
| K | #101010 oklch(17.3% 0.000 89.9) #101010 | K #000000 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 oklch(90.7% 0.000 89.9) #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 |
| R | #C80000 oklch(52.3% 0.215 29.2) #C80000 | R #CC0000 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Valdres, Kvam & Vang #2 — ΔT 0.82
- MacAuliffe (Name) — ΔT 1.09
- Cape Breton University — ΔT 1.09
- Danareth — ΔT 1.11
- Cardiff City Football Club (Corp) — ΔT 1.11
- Henry, David G (Personal) — ΔT 1.12
- MacMillan Ancient — ΔT 1.14
- MacHardy (Clans Originaux) — ΔT 1.14
- MacMillan Ancient (a) — ΔT 1.17
- MacMillan Ancient — ΔT 1.17
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.
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