Holiday accommodations results
0 - Isle of Barra holiday accommodation listings found.
Facts and Information about Isle of Barra
The following Information has been provided by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Barra (Eilean Bharraigh in Gaelic) is a mostly Roman Catholic island, and the southermost inhabited island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. In the 2001 census its usually resident population was 1,172. The Clan MacNeil has strong ties to the Isle of Barra and can trace its lineage back to the O'Neils of Ulster (hence the red hand on the arms of the Chief) who came to Barra from Ireland around the year 1000.
Barra's main village is Castlebay (Bàgh a'Chaisteil) from which ferries sail to Oban on the Scottish mainland and Lochboisdale on South Uist. The town is home to Kisimul Castle, hereditary seat of the MacNeil's, and the Dualchas Heritage and Cultural Centre. Barra is also linked by a causeway to Eilean Bhatarsaigh (Vatersay).
Other places of interest on the island the Black House Museum, a ruined church and museum at Cille-Bharra, an Iron Age broch at Dun Chuidhir, Scurrival Point and beaches, most sandy. Cockle Strand is composed of shells and used at low tide as an airstrip. The beach is also a source of cockles.
If you would like to write about Isle of Barra, please «email us».
