MacAuliffe
Its design is pattern BGBGBGWG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Irish name tartan for the MacAuliffes, a branch of the MacCarthys descended from Auliffe Alainn MacCarthy.
The MacAuliffe tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacAuliffe | G/74 W4 G12 DB46 Y12 DB4 Y6 DB/4 | 246 | 2005 | |
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Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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246

252

318

236

254

313

292

130

202

252

186

Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.