Papa, Scotland

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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.

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Orkney

Islands

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

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

Shetland

Hebrides

Gaelic, Pabaigh, ( Loudspeaker.svg 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.

See also

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". Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2007.

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