ISSAY, an island, in that part of the parish of DuiRiNiSH
which constituted the former quoad sacra
parish of Waternish, county of Inverness; containing
90 inhabitants. This isle, also called Eilean ha, or
" Island of Jesus", is the largest of several isles lying
between Loch Bay and Loch Dunvegan, two considerable
north-western inlets of the Isle of Skye. It is
about three miles in circumference; and the soil, being
generally fertile, atfords comfortable support to about
fifteen famdies.