MV Eilean Na H-Oige

MV Eilean Na H-Oige is a small passenger ferry built for the Outer Hebrides and now operating in Southern Ireland.

History
MV Eilean Na H-Oige was built for the Western Isles Council in 1980 for the service to Eriskay. Her name is taken from a poem about Eriskay by Fr. Allan MacDonald. After a causeway opened in 2001, she was laid up, until acquired by Bere Island Ferries in 2003.

Layout
Eilean Na H-Oige is a small bow-loading landing craft type ferry.

Service
Eilean Na H-Oige was built for the service from Eriskay to Ludaig on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides. In July 2001, a causeway opened, making her redundant. From March 2002, she started a new service across the Sound of Barra, from a new terminal at Ceann a' Ghàraidh to Ardmor on Barra. The service was taken over by CalMac vessels (MV Loch Linnhe then MV Loch Bhrusda) and she was laid up.

Since August 2003, she has operated from Castletownbere to Bere Island in County Cork, Ireland, alongside another former Comhairle nan Eilean Siar ferry, MV Eilean Bhearnaraigh.