Papa, Scotland

This is a list of places in Scotland called Papa or similar, which are so named after the Papar, monks from the Early Historic Period or from their connection to other, later priests.

Orkney

Islands

• Papa Stronsay
• Papa Westray (also known as "Papay")
• Holm of Papay

John of Fordun in his 14th century enumeration of these islands, has a Papeay tertia ("third Papey"), the location of which is unknown.^[1]

Placenames

• Paplay, South Ronaldsay
• Paplay, Holm, Mainland
• Papdale, an early name for Kirkwall^[2]

Papleyhouse on Eday and Steevens of Papay on North Ronaldsay may not be genuinely related to the Papar.^[3]

Shetland

• Papa, Shetland, one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra and east of Oxna
  • West Head of Papa, a tidal island off Papa, Shetland
• Papa Little
• Papa Stour (Great Papa)
• Sound of Papa, a strait between Papa Stour and the Sandness peninsula.

Hebrides

Gaelic, Pabaigh, ( Pabaigh ) anglicised to "Pabay" or "Pabbay" means "priest island", but it is not clear if these names refer to the early Papar or later, post-Norse priests.

• Pabay, off the island of Skye.^[4]
• Pabbay near Barra lying in the Bishop's Isles
• Pabbay near Harris
• Pabbay, South Uist at grid reference NF775195

See also

• Papey - an Icelandic island named after the Papar.

Notes

1. ↑ W.F. Skene (1872) John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish nation. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas. Page 41.
2. ↑ Thomson (2008) pp. 15-16
3. ↑ Thomson (2008) p. 15
4. ↑ "Isle of Pabay - History". Retrieved 2007-12-15. 

References

• Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7. 
• Thomson, William P. L. (2008) The New History of Orkney. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 978-1-84158-696-0

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