Fear mo ghaoil an t uisge-bheatha
Vellum from Malcolm Beaton's composite collection on Virtues Aqua vitae - 'uiscebeatha' NLS Edinburgh Whisky is the one I love... As the song Comunn an uisge-beatha by Lachlan Macpherson of Strathmashie begins, and confirms the high regard which the Gaels held for the Water of Life, from antiquity through to modern times: "Fear mo ghaoil an t uisge-bheatha" (Whisky is the one I love). William MacMurchy, 18th century Gaelic bard, similarly pays tribute to the beloved beverage