Summary: The most northerly whisky distillery in Scotland is in Orkney, in Kirkwall. The distillery got its name from High Park, the areaâs name in olden times. High Park is connected to Magnus Eunson or âMansieâ. Mansie was illegally making whisky on that site at the end of the Eighteenth Century. Find out more about Mansie in this week's letter. Accompanying Gaelic text, grammar points and vocabulary are all available at bbc.co.uk/litir