Barra is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, as well as the second southernmost lived in island there, after the adjacent island of Vatersay to which it is attached by a brief embankment. The island is named for Saint Finbarr of Cork. In 2011, the population was 1,174. Gaelic is commonly talked, and also at the 2011 Census, there were 761 Gaelic speakers (62% of the population). The Isle of Barra is about 60 km2 (23 sq mi) in location, 11 miles (18 kilometres) lengthy and also 6 miles (10 km) vast. A single-track road, the A888, runs around the coast of the southern part of the island following the flattest land as well as serving the many seaside negotiations. The interior of the island right here is uneven and uninhabited. The west and also north of the island has white sandy coastlines including sand developed from marine shells adjacent the grassed machair, while the south eastern side has various rough inlets. To the north a sandy pensinsula goes to the beach airport and also Eoligarry.