There was a long history of settlement in the area - the neolithic standing stones at Borve testify to this. Once the Celts arrived here from Ulster, the island spent 800 years firmly under the stewardship of the MacNeil clan engaged in feudal agriculture and fishing. When Kisimul Castle was abandoned in 1795, the clan chief came to live at Eoligarry House and remained there until Colonel Cluny bought the island from the clan in 1838.
In 1939, a tarred road finally connected Northbay with Castlebay – formerly people either walked or used the sea to ship goods to the main port. Despite being a small island, communications were before this quite bad between the north and the south. The building of the road was largely the result of a campaign by Compton Mackenzie, author of Whisky Galore! who was quite well-connected.
northbay, similarly, named, places, north, disambiguation, scottish, gaelic, bàgh, tuath, township, community, north, barra, outer, hebrides, west, coast, scotland, within, parish, barra, scottish, gaelic, bàgh, tuathfishing, boats, location, within, outer, he. For similarly named places see North Bay disambiguation Northbay Scottish Gaelic Am Bagh a Tuath is a township and community in the north of Barra in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland Northbay is within the parish of Barra 1 NorthbayScottish Gaelic Am Bagh a TuathFishing boats at NorthbayNorthbayLocation within the Outer HebridesLanguageScottish GaelicEnglishOS grid referenceNF702033Civil parishBarraCouncil areaNa h Eileanan SiarLieutenancy areaWestern IslesCountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townISLE OF BARRAPostcode districtHS9Dialling code01871PoliceScotlandFireScottishAmbulanceScottishUK ParliamentNa h Eileanan an IarScottish ParliamentNa h Eileanan an IarList of places UK Scotland 57 00 11 N 7 25 59 W 57 003 N 7 433 W 57 003 7 433There was a long history of settlement in the area the neolithic standing stones at Borve testify to this Once the Celts arrived here from Ulster the island spent 800 years firmly under the stewardship of the MacNeil clan engaged in feudal agriculture and fishing When Kisimul Castle was abandoned in 1795 the clan chief came to live at Eoligarry House and remained there until Colonel Cluny bought the island from the clan in 1838 In 1939 a tarred road finally connected Northbay with Castlebay formerly people either walked or used the sea to ship goods to the main port Despite being a small island communications were before this quite bad between the north and the south The building of the road was largely the result of a campaign by Compton Mackenzie author of Whisky Galore who was quite well connected References edit Isle of Barra Northbay General Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland Retrieved 20 December 2014 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Northbay Canmore Barra North Bay Bridge House site record Canmore Barra North Bay site record nbsp This article about a location in the Western Isles is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Northbay amp oldid 1142583553, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
