18th Century
In 1722, the inhabitants of Ulva were sent to a court in Inveraray, because they had taken oil from a stranded whale.
During the second Jacobite uprising, Clan MacQuarrie fought at Culloden on Charles Edward Stuart's side.
The Rev. John Walker lamented the lack of commercial fishing, which he thought could provide the islanders with an additional income and food source. He noted the presence of herring, cod, and ling in the surrounding waters, but said, that there was
- "o net or Long Line on the island to catch them and none of the inhabitants were acquainted with any kind of fishing, but with the Rod from Sea Rocks".