This is a list of places in Scotland called Papa or similar, which are so named after the

Papar The Papar (; from Latin ''papa'', via Old Irish, meaning "father" or "pope") were, according to early Icelandic sagas, Irish monks who took eremitic residence in parts of what is now Iceland before that island's habitation by the Norsemen of S ...

, monks from the

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or from their connection to other, later priests.

Orkney

Islands

Papa Stronsay Papa Stronsay ( sco, Papa Stronsee; non, Papey Minni) is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying north east of Stronsay. It is in size, and above sea level at its highest point. After being largely abandoned, the island was bought at the en ...

Papa Westray Papa Westray () ( sco, Papa Westree), also known as Papay, is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, United Kingdom. The fertile soilKeay, J. & Keay, J. (1994) ''Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland''. London. HarperCollins. has long been a draw ...

(also known as "Papay") * Holm of Papay

John of Fordun John of Fordun (before 1360 – c. 1384) was a Scottish chronicler. It is generally stated that he was born at Fordoun, Mearns. It is certain that he was a secular priest, and that he composed his history in the latter part of the 14th ce ...

in his 14th century enumeration of these islands, has a ''Papeay tertia'' ("third Papey"), the location of which is unknown.

Placenames

* Paplay, South Ronaldsay * Paplay, Holm, Mainland * Papdale, an early name for

Kirkwall Kirkwall ( sco, Kirkwaa, gd, Bàgh na h-Eaglaise, nrn, Kirkavå) is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. The name Kirkwall comes from the Norse name (''Church Bay''), which later changed to ''Kirkv ...

Papleyhouse on

Eday Eday (, sco, Aidee) is one of the islands of Orkney, which are located to the north of the Scottish mainland. One of the North Isles, Eday is about from the Orkney Mainland. With an area of , it is the ninth-largest island of the archipelago. ...

and Steevens of Papay on

North Ronaldsay North Ronaldsay (, also , sco, North Ronalshee) is the northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. With an area of , it is the fourteenth-largest.Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 334 It is mentioned in the '' Orkneyinga saga''; in moder ...

may not be genuinely related to the Papar.Thomson (2008) p. 15

Shetland

Papa, Shetland Papa ( sco, Papa; Old Norse: ''Papey'', meaning "the island of the priests") is an uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, Shetland, Scotland. Papa lies north west of Burra and east of Oxna Oxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying ...

, one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra and east of Oxna **

West Head of Papa West Head of Papa is a small tidal island off Papa in Shetland, and is one of the Scalloway Islands The Scalloway Islands are in Shetland opposite Scalloway on south west of the Mainland, Shetland, Mainland. They form a mini-archipelago and ...

, a tidal island off Papa, Shetland *

Papa Little Papa Little ( sco, Papa Little; Old Norse: ''Papey Litla'', meaning "the little island of the priests") is an island in St Magnus Bay, Shetland, Scotland. The island lies at the head of Aith Voe in north west Mainland, Shetland, south of Muc ...

Papa Stour Papa Stour ( sco, Papa Stour) is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of under fifteen people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents in the 1970s. Located to the west of mainland Shetland and with an area ...

(Great Papa) * Sound of Papa, a strait between Papa Stour and the

Sandness Sandness (the "d" is not pronounced locally) is a headland and district in the west of Shetland Mainland, Scotland. Sandness was a civil parish, which also included the island of Papa Stour some 1600 metres northwest across ''Papa Sound''. ...

peninsula.

Hebrides

Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

, ''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. * Pabbay near Barra lying in the

Bishop's Isles The Barra Isles, also known as the Bishop's Isles, are a small archipelago in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They lie south of the island of Barra, for which they are named. The group consists of nine islands and numerous rocky islets, skerrie ...

* Pabbay near Harris *Pabbay,

South Uist South Uist ( gd, Uibhist a Deas, ; sco, Sooth Uist) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At the 2011 census, it had a usually resident population of 1,754: a decrease of 64 since 2001. The island, in common with the ...

Notes

References

* * Thomson, William P. L. (2008) ''The New History of Orkney''. Edinburgh. Birlinn. {{Islands of Scotland Scottish Island set index articles