PRIEST-ISLE, an isle, in the parish of Lochhuoom, county
of Ross-and-Cromarty. This isle, called also Elan
Achlearish, derives its name of Priest from its having
been inhabited, it is said, by a clergyman, who used to
shift his quarters from one cove to another as the weather
required. It is situated on the west coast of Cromarty,
at the entrance of Loch Broom, and is the most
distant from the main land of a large group of islands
in this part. Its length is about a mile, its breadth considerably
less; and it is occasionally inhabited.