TARKINSAY, an island, in the parish of Hakuis, island of Lewis, county of Inverness; containing 88 inhabitants. This is an isle of the Hebrides, lying on the west coast of Harris, at the entrance to West Loch Tarbert. It is a high, rocky, and conspicuous island, about four miles in length and one in breadth, and having little or no soil. The inhabitants employ themselves in fishing and kelp-burning.