Uist

Uist is a chain of islands in the Outer Hebrides, with sandy Atlantic shores to the west and a landscape of lochs and peatland inland. South Uist and neighbouring Benbecula were among the territories of Clanranald, a branch of the MacDonalds whose lands also reached the western mainland. The islands retained a strong Catholic tradition after the Reformation, shaped in part by the allegiance of the Clanranald family and their kin.