OA, a quoad sacra parish (for a time), in the parish
of KiLDALTON, district of IsLAY, county of Argyll, 9
miles (S. S. E.) from Bowmorc; containing 1023 inhabitants.
This place, which is in the south-eastern portion
of Islay, was separated for ecclesiastical purposes
from Kildalton, and erected into a quoad sacra parish,
under act of the General Assembly. The village is situated
on the road from Port-Ellen to Bowmore; and the
inhabitants are partly employed in agriculture, and in
the rearing of black-cattle, of which considerable numbers
are sold at the fairs held at Port-Ellen. There are no
regular fisheries established; but cod and other whitefish
are occasionally taken off the coast in great abundance.
The church, erected by parliament in 1828, is a
neat plain structure: the minister's stipend is £120,
with a manse, and a small glebe; patron, the Crown.
There is a parliamentary school with a salary of £30.