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{{Infobox Scottish island
|Map=
|GridReference=NF965755
|coordinates = {{coord|57.67|-7.09|display=inline}}
|location_map=Scotland Outer Hebrides
|caption=Tahay shown within the Outer Hebrides
|celtic name=Taghaigh
|norse name=Tagg-øy
|meaning of name= island with a prominent hill
|area={{cvt|53|ha}}
|area rank=196=
|highest elevation={{cvt|65|m}}
|Population=0
|population rank=
|main settlement=
|island group=Uists & [[Barra]]
|local authority=[[Na h-Eileanan Siar]]
|references=<ref>2001 UK Census per [[List of islands of Scotland]]</ref><ref name=Smith>{{Haswell-Smith}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey]</ref>
|Image=Island_of_Taghaigh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1343512.jpg
}}

'''Tahay''' ({{langx|gd|Taghaigh}}) is an island in the [[Outer Hebrides]] of [[Scotland]]. The name originates from the [[Old Norse]] ''tagg-øy'' meaning island with a prominent hill. At {{convert|53|ha}} in area and with a central peak of {{convert|65|m}}, it is the largest of the group of uninhabited islands off the north east coast of [[North Uist]].

The island is used for sheep grazing and [[peat]] cutting.

==History==
In 1846, six families who had been [[Highland Clearances|evicted from their homes]] on [[Pabbay, Harris|Pabbay]] to make way for sheep, moved to the previously uninhabited island of Tahay. Although the island has no [[arable land]], they hoped to make a living from fishing.  However this proved too hard and they gave up the struggle in the 1850s and emigrated to Australia.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst10907.html | title=Overview of Tahay| publisher=[[Gazetteer for Scotland]]| accessdate=2008-10-04}}</ref>

Tahay is owned by the [[Scottish Government]].

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{{Commons category|Taghaigh}}
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{{Sound of Harris}}
{{Hebrides (uninhabited)}}
{{Islands of Scotland}}

[[Category:Islands of the Sound of Harris]]
[[Category:Uist islands]]
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides]]


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