Islay

/ ˈaɪlə; ˈaɪleɪ /

noun

an island off the W coast of Scotland: the southernmost of the Inner Hebrides; separated from the island of Jura by the Sound of Islay . Pop: 3457 (2001). Area: 606 sq km (234 sq miles)

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He knew the Islay men, great rugged fishers with immense hands and their feet small as a girl's.

A strange, mystical water, the Moyle, to have two isles in it like Islay of the pipers and Raghery of the black caves.

Though rock-girt, Islay is fertile, and a large portion has been brought under a state of cultivation.

Some good black chalk occurs also in Caernarvonshire and in the island of Islay.

He would show her the pale coast of Ireland; and then they would see Islay, of which she had many a ballad and story.

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