"The Island Of Barra"

(Page Two)

AboveLeft: The Passenger only Launch (Summer Only) which plies between Cliet and Pollachar on South Uist.
Above Right: The headstones of Barra’s two most famous inhabitants. Left: John MacPherson ‘The Coddie’ who
 wasa popular Gaighlig poet and townsman and to the right, is his friend, Sir Compton McKenzie, author of 
‘Whiskey Galore’ and other Hebridian comedy books.
 
Below Left: Their graves are at Eolegary, where the photo, below  shows the restoration of this ancient church, with
the hills of South Uist as a backdrop.