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

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