Papar in The Faroes
There are also several toponyms relating to the papar in the Faroe islands.
Amongst these are Paparøkur near Vestmanna, and Papurshílsur near Saksun. Vestmanna itself is short for Vestmannahøvn, meaning "harbour of the Westmen" or Irish.
In Skúvoy, a certain churchyard also has tombstones which display a possible Gaelic origin, or at least influence.
Some suggest that Grímur Kamban, may have been responsible for driving them out, despite being a probable Norse-Gael himself:
- "According to the Faereyinga Saga... the first settler in the Faroe Islands was a man named Grímur Kamban - Hann bygdi fyrstr Færeyar, it may have been the land taking of Grímur and his followers that caused the anchorites to leave... the nickname Kamban is probably Gaelic and one interpretation is that the word refers to some physical handicap, another that it may point to his prowess as a sportsman. Probably he came as a young man to the Faroe Islands by way of Viking Ireland, and local tradition has it that he settled at Funningur in Eysturoy."
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