To John Shaw According to the Gazetteer for Scotland Luing is an island which is part of "Kilbrandon and Kilchattan, a united parish in Nether Lorn district, Argyllshire, comprising the four preReformation parishes of Kilbrandon, Kilchattan, Kilbride, and Kilchoan. It comprehends a section of the mainland, with the inhabited islands of Seil, Luing, Easdale, Shuna, Torsay, and Inis Capel; contains the villages of Toberonichy, Ellanabriech, and Easdale, the last with a post and telegraph office under Oban; and enjoys communication by means of the Clyde and Oban steamers. It is bounded N by the Sound of Lorn, NE by the Sound of Clachan, E by Kilninver parish, S by the northern outlet of the Sound of Jura, and W by the Atlantic Ocean. Its length, from N to S, inclusive of intersecting sea-belts, is 10 miles; its breadth is 6 miles; and its area is 14, 457 acres, of which 996 ½ are foreshore and 746/7 water" For more information try: http://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parhistory585.html Cheers John