Castlebay, Barra

Traigh Eaig beach

This article is about the island of Barra in Scotland. For other places of the same name, see Barra (disambiguation).

Barra or Eilean Bharraigh (in Gaelic) is a mostly Roman Catholic and predominantly Gaelic-speaking island, and apart from the adjacent island of Vatersay is the southernmost inhabited island of the Outer Hebrides (Na h-Eileanan Siar) in Scotland. At the 2001 census the resident population was 1,078. The Clan MacNeil has strong ties to the Isle of Barra and can trace its lineage back to the O'Neills of Ulster who came to Barra from Ireland around the year 1000. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x683, 117 KB) Town of Castlebay, Isle of Barra (Scotland): total bay view Description: total view of Castlebay: bay, castle, town, harbour Date: August 2003 Source: self made (analog photo) Processing: digitized 1536x1024, cropped 1024x684 Author: Evelyn and Robert Wirth Copyright... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x683, 117 KB) Town of Castlebay, Isle of Barra (Scotland): total bay view Description: total view of Castlebay: bay, castle, town, harbour Date: August 2003 Source: self made (analog photo) Processing: digitized 1536x1024, cropped 1024x684 Author: Evelyn and Robert Wirth Copyright... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 804 KB) Summary Picture of The beach running Parallel to the air port - facing the atlantic. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 804 KB) Summary Picture of The beach running Parallel to the air port - facing the atlantic. ... Places called Barra include: Barra, Scotland, United Kingdom Barra, Gambia Barra Bonita, Brazil Barra da Tijuca, Brazil Barra do Chapéu, Brazil Barra do Turvo, Brazil Barra Brui, New South Wales, Australia This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Goidelic is one of two major divisions of modern-day Celtic languages (the other being Brythonic). ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... Western Isles redirects here. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78... The Clan MacNeil of Barra is one of the oldest Scottish clans: it can trace ancestry back to king Niall of the Nine Hostages in Ireland in 379 AD. The seat of the clan is Kisimul Castle. ...

Barra's main village is Castlebay (Bàgh a' Chaisteil). The village is home to Kisimul Castle, hereditary seat of the MacNeils, and the Dualchas Heritage and Cultural Centre. Kisimul Castle is on an island in the bay (giving the village its name). A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Castlebay is the main port and main village of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. ... Kisimul (also Kiessimul or Chisimul) Castle is a small medieval castle located in the centre of Castlebay on Barra, an island of the Outer Hebrides. ...

Other places of interest on the island include the Black House Museum, a ruined church and museum at Cille Bharra, a number of Iron Age brochs such as those at Dùn Chuidhir and An Dùn Bàn and a whole range of other Iron Age and later structures which have recently been excavated and recorded. Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... Dun Carloway broch, Lewis, Scotland The Broch is an Iron Age dry stone tower of a type which is unique to Scotland. ...

Barra is now linked by a man-made causeway to the neighbouring island of Vatersay (Eilean Bhatarsaigh). The Hindenburgdamm rail causeway across the Wadden Sea to the island of Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated by a bank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. ... Vatersay (Scottish Gaelic: Bhatarsaigh) is a small island and its village in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a popultion of about seventy people. ...

The west of the island has white sandy beaches backed by shell-sand machair and the east has numerous rocky inlets. 90 mile beach Australia A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water. ... Machair The Gaelic word Machair or machar refers to a fertile low-lying coastal plain. ...

Barra is abundant with stunning scenery, rare flowers and wildlife, which can be appreciated by coastal or hill walks, drives or cycle rides along the various small roads. Car and bicycle hire are available locally.

Every summer, Fèis Bharraigh brings the whole island together in a cultural festival.

The 1949 Ealing Studios comedy Whisky Galore! was filmed on Barra. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Sir Compton Mackenzie, who lived near the airport. Ealing Studios, a TV and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ... Whisky Galore! ( 1949) is an Ealing comedy written by Angus MacPhail and Compton MacKenzie, from his novel. ... Sir (Edward Montague) Compton Mackenzie, (1883–1972), was an Scottish novelist. ...

The Irish poet Pat Ingoldsby only distributes his books from 3 shops internationally, one of which is located here. Pat Ingoldsby is an Irish poet. ...

Barra has also become more famous as the birthplace of fictional character James Frazer. Sir James George Frazer (January 1, 1854, Glasgow, Scotland – May 7, 1941), was a Scottish social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion. ...

Getting to and from Barra

Barra Airport

Barra's tiny airport, near Northbay, is unique in Britain in that the runway is a beach, Cockle Strand (An Tràigh Mhòr). Planes can only land and take off at low tide meaning that the timetable varies. The beach is also a source of cockles. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1332x864, 252 KB) Summary Barra Airport. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1332x864, 252 KB) Summary Barra Airport. ... Barra Airport (IATA: BRR, ICAO: EGPR) (also known as Barra Eoligarry Airport) is situated in the wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhor at the north tip of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. ... Northbay (Bàgh a Tuath) is chief amongst a collection of townships which make up the northernmost part of Barra in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. ... Genera Acanthocardia Americardia Cardium Cerastoderma Clinocardium Corculum Ctenocardia Dinocardium Discors Fragum Fulvia Laevicardium Lophocardiium Lyrocardium Lunulicardia Microcardium Nemocardium Papyridea Parvicardium Plagiocardium Ringicardium Trachycardium Trigoniocardia Serripes Cockles are the family Cardiidae of bivalve mollusks. ...

Castlebay (Bàgh a' Chaisteil) is the main ferry port from which ferries sail to Oban on the Scottish mainland and Lochboisdale (Loch Baghasdail) in South Uist (Uibhist a Deas). A vehicular ferry also travels between Ceann a' Gharaidh in Eriskay (Èirisgeigh) and Ardmore (An Àird Mhòr) in Barra. The crossing takes around 40 minutes. Castlebay is the main port and main village of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. ... The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... View of Oban from Druim Mor. ... Lochboisdale (Lochbaghasdail) is the main ferry terminal for the island of South Uist and is undergoing a revival of fortunes after a period of closures of the local shop (which closed in 1991 after trading for over 100 years) and the local hotel. ... Looking west to Nicolsons Leap. ... The Isle of Eriskay is an island of the Outer Hebrides in northern Scotland. ... Ardmore (Scottish Gaelic: Aird Mhòr) is a small ferry port in the north east of the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. ...

Apart from the ferries, boat trips to Mingulay and Eriskay are also available during the season, and a small boat can take the visitor to Kisimul Castle. Mingulay (Scottish Gaelic: Miughalaigh) is the largest of the Bishops Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ... The Isle of Eriskay is an island of the Outer Hebrides in northern Scotland. ...

External links

• Isle of Barra community website

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