Eilean an Taighe

Eilean an Taighe

"Please note "Eilean an Taighe", or "Eilean Taigh" is a fairly common island name"

Eilean an T(a)ighe or Eilean an T(a)igh is one of the Shiant Isles. It is joined to the other big island, Garbh Eilean by an isthmus.

History

There is also evidence of a more recent church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, near the present cottage on Eilean an Taighe.cite web| url=http://www.shiantisles.net/index.html| title=Shiant Islands| accessdate=2007-07-21] Eilean Mhuire, one of the other islands also takes its name from Mary.

In 1937 the islands were acquired by Nigel Nicolson, then an undergraduate at Oxford, who like former owner Compton MacKenzie, was later a writer, publisher and politician. Nicolson's son, the writer Adam Nicolson, published the definitive book on the islands, "Sea Room". The Shiants now belong to Adam's son Tom. Sheep belonging to a Lewis crofter graze all three islands. The simple bothy restored by Nigel Nicolson on Eilean an Taighe is currently the only habitable structure on the islands. Nicholson, Adam "Sea Room: an island life" Harper Collins, 2001 (ISBN 0-00-257164-1)]

Footnotes

Bibliography

* cite_book
last = Nicolson
first = Adam
authorlink = Adam Nicolson
title = Sea Room: an island life
publisher = Harper Collins
year = 2001
id = ISBN 0-00-257164-1

External links

* [http://www.shiantisles.net Site about the Shiant Isles]


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