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Isle of Skye Blended Scotch Whisky,
owned by independent family company Ian
Macleod Distillers Ltd, was the Official
Whisky Sponsor of the Clan MacLeod
Parliament World Gathering 2010.
Held in Dunvegan on the Clan MacLeod’s
home island of Skye every four years,
the Clan MacLeod Parliament ran from 24
–30 July. Over 170 clans folk attended,
many from as far as America, Tasmania,
Malta and South Africa.
As well as supplying the whisky for the
Clan MacLeod Parliament finale ball,
each attendee received a miniature of
Isle of Skye Blended Scotch Whisky to
sample and take home. Ian Macleod
Distillers also provided four limited
edition decanters of Isle of Skye 21
Years Old Blended Scotch Whisky and one
bottle of the extremely rare Isle of
Skye 50 Years Old Blended Scotch Whisky
for a silent auction, that raised over
£800 for charity.
Iain Weir, Marketing Director of Ian
Macleod Distillers commented: “We are
incredibly happy to be supporting the
Clan MacLeod Parliament and celebrate
the history and culture of Skye and the
Clan MacLeod.
“Created from Ian Macleod’s original
family recipe, Isle of Skye Blended
Scotch Whisky seemed the perfect fit to
toast the return of the MacLeod diaspora
to their native island and gives those
from further afield the opportunity to
taste the high quality blended Scotch
whisky, perhaps for the first time.”
Dr Malcolm Macleod, OBE, President of
the Associated Clan MacLeod Societies,
said: “This was the sixteenth Clan
MacLeod Parliament World Gathering to be
held in Dunvegan, the spiritual home of
many MacLeods whose ancestors left
Scotland to begin new lives overseas.
“I thoroughly enjoyed welcoming some of
their descendants from all over the
world and renewing friendships that have
built up over the years of these
wonderful gatherings.”
The week long event included visits to
sites of historical and cultural
significance to the Clan including
climbing MacLeod’s Table, attending the
Dunvegan show and a visit to the
residents of the Orbost Estate on Raasay.
The modern Clan MacLeod Parliament is
based on the definition of a Parliament
as "a meeting or assembly for conference
on public or national affairs". The
Parliament is a world gathering of
MacLeods with the purpose of bringing
together MacLeods from all over the
world to talk about the Clan.
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