Melbost

Melbost Scottish Gaelic: Mealabost
Loch Bràigh na h-Aoidhe, with Melbost and Stornoway Airport beyond
Melbost
Melbost shown within the Outer Hebrides
Language	Scottish Gaelic English
OS grid reference	NB463327
Civil parish	Stornoway
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF LEWIS
Postcode district	HS2
Dialling code	01851
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Melbost (Scottish Gaelic: Mealabost) is a traditionally Gaelic-speaking village in Point on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland's north-west. It is largely a crofting township and is about 2 ¹⁄₂ miles (4.0 km) east of Stornoway at the head of an isthmus connecting with the Eye Peninsula. Melbost is technically in the district of Point, however it is not located on the eye peninsula itself, RAF Stornoway war memorial is located in the village.^[1]

Culture

The Gaelic poet Murdo Macfarlane (15 February 1901 - 1982) (Scottish Gaelic: Murchadh MacPhàrlain) known as 'Bàrd Mhealaboist' (the Melbost Bard) was a published poet and campaigner for Scottish Gaelic who was born and brought up in Melbost. He is famous for the song Cànan nan Gàidheal.

See also

• Lewis and Harris
• History of the Outer Hebrides

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melbost.

• Visitor's guide for the Island of Lewis
• Website of the Western Isles Council with links to other resources
• Disabled access to Lewis for residents and visitors
• 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article on Lewis and Harris
• A Guide to living in the Outer Hebrides, with most information pertaining to Lewis