Calvay (Scottish Gaelic: Calbhaigh), is a currently uninhabited island situated in the Sound of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides, at grid referenceNF810126. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation.
This article is about an islet in the Sound of Eriskay. For other uses, see Calvay (disambiguation).
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.
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