Fortiter is thè motto of Clan MacAlister and means "boldly"

MacAlisters are a small clan found on the northern section of the Kintyre Peninsula in areas such as Tarbert, Loup, Kennox and Glenbarr.

There are several tartans associated with Clan MacAlister. The MacAlister modern is shown on the home page (also known as the MacAlister 1950). There is also a MacAlister Ancient, MacAlister Dress, Glenbarr Hunting, and others. The website Scottish Register of Tartans has the official list of all approved tartans.

Posting your genealogy questions to the Facebook page could be helpful. Many members have found ancestry information there. For more in depth genealogy information realted to over 350 McAlister Family Lines, check out Clan McAlister of America. CMA also collaborates in a robust FamilyTreeDNA “McAlister DNA Project” incorporating genetic genealogy using Y-DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and autosomal DNA.