The residents of Stiomrabhaigh were better placed than most having leases directly with the land owner but when these expired they accepted an offer of crofts in Leumrabhagh.

There were numerous requests to resettle Stiomrabhaigh all of which were resisted by the landowners and it was not until 1921 when Lord Leverhulme abandoned his ambitious plan for Lewis that crofters returned to the township.

Even the resettlement was marked with tragedy as two young men were drowned while transporting household goods from Calbost.

Given the difficulties of living without facilities over the next twenty years a number of the families drifted back to Leumrabhagh.

Today there is much of the township to be seen; its ruined buildings, lazy beds and field walls standing in splendid isolation between the moor and the sea.