The Isle of Barra (Scottish Gaelic: Barraigh/Eilean Bharraigh )'s a predominantly Gaelic-speaking island, and apart from the adjacent island of Vatersay's the southernmost inhabited island of the Outer Hebrides (Na h-Eileanan Siar) in Scotland. Geography At the 2001 census the resident population was 1,078, and mostly Roman Catholic. The area of Barra's 23 square miles, the main village being Castlebay (Bàgh a' Chaisteil). Barra's now linked by a man-made causeway to the neighbouring islan… (More on Barra)