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Calvay
Calvay
, is a
currently
uninhabited island
situated
in the
Sound of
Eriskay
in the
Outer Hebrides
, at. It is one of
ten islands
in the
Sound of Barra
, a
Site of Community Importance
for
conservation
.
It was here that the ship
SS Politician
ran aground
with a
cargo
of
whisky
in
1941
and inadvertently provided the
inspiration
for
Compton
MacKenzie's 1947
novel
Whisky
Galore
.