[8] The region was the seat of the Macdonalds of Clanranald, territory from where Charles Edward Stuart gained much of his support for the Jacobite uprising in 1745.

[6] Eilean Shona was leased to writer J. M. Barrie in the 1920s, who used it as a summer holiday retreat for himself, his foster sons Michael and Nicholas Llewelyn Davies, and a few of their friends.

[15] During this time, Branson has restored some of the cottages and ruins on the island including the Old Schoolhouse in 2016 and the Sail Loft in 2023, using local and recycled materials.

[4] Eilean Shona has an ongoing conservation programme to protect the pinetums and the endangered Celtic Rainforest as well as the rare fauna including red squirrels and pine martens.

Eilean Shona collaborates with the British Trust for Ornithology and the Highland Raptor Study Group with a Golden Eagle Breeding Programme on the island.

[18][19] The island hosts a month-long art residency in partnership with the Royal Society of Sculptors and an annual writing workshop with a fellowship offered to a young emerging writer.

[27] Guests to the island include Richard Branson, Kate Winslet, Anthony Horowitz, Jack Whitehall, Amy Liptrot and Sir Ed Davey.