Kirkibost, an island of North Uist parish, Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire, adjacent to the SW side of North Uist Island, and insulated only at high water. With a length of 1 mile, and inconsiderable breadth, it chiefly consists of low land, which, once fertile and very productive, has suffered much devastation by the action of westerly gales. Pop. (1841) 25, (l861) 7, (1881)

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)