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Talisker (Scottish Gaelic:''Talasgair'') is a settlement on the Minginish peninsula in the Isle of Skye. ==History== Talisker was for centuries a possession of the Clan Macleod. For nearly two hundred years it was associated with a cadet branch of the chiefly line, founded by Sir Roderick Macleod, 1st of Talisker (1606-1675). Sir Roderick was the second son of Rory Mor Macleod (d.1626) and Isabel, daughter of Donald Macdonell, 8th of Glengarry. Along with his brother, Sir Norman Macleod of Bernera, he was knighted in 1661 for his services to the royalist cause. He married first a daughter of Lord Reay and secondly Mary, daughter of Lachlan Og Mackinnon of Mackinnon.〔Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, ''The Macleods – the genealogy of a clan'', Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1968〕 John Macleod, 2nd of Talisker, who died in about 1700 was the subject of an elegy, ''Cumha do Fhear Thalasgair'' (“Lament for the Laird of Talisker”), written by the blind harpist, Ruaidhri Dall MacMhurich.〔John T Koch, ''Celtic Culture: a historical encyclopedia'' (ABC-CLIO, 2005)〕 Johnson and Boswell visited Talisker in 1773. Johnson’s ''Journey'' reveals him to have been impressed by his host, Talisker’s then tacksman, John Macleod, 4th of Talisker, but less so by the location itself:
Boswell’s own ''Journal'' confirms Johnson’s description in its physical essentials, but concludes more charitably that “Talisker is a better place than one commonly finds in Sky”. In 1820 Donald Macleod, 6th of Talisker, a major in the 56th Regiment, sold his interest in Talisker and emigrated to Van Diemen’s Land (financed by his father-in-law, Alexander Maclean of Coll). He travelled with 36 Highlanders of his connection and secured a grant of 2,000 acres.〔Eric Richards, ''A history of the Highland Clearances'' (Vol.2) (Croom Helm, 1985), at p.240〕 In 1825, Hugh MacAskill took over the Talisker estate and completed the clearance process begun under his predecessor. Five years later, he founded the Talisker distillery, which is in fact located some five miles away from Talisker at Carbost, Loch Harport. MacAskill gave up his lease of the Talisker lands in 1849.〔The Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s (webpage ) (accessed on 22 February 2011)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Talisker, Skye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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