Birsay
![Birsay Parish, with the Brough of Birsay in the background](/Images/godic/202412/24/Brough_of_Birsay5750.jpg")
![Earl's Palace, Birsay](/Images/godic/202412/24/Earl's_Palace,_Birsay5750.JPG")
![St. Magnus Church, Birsay](/Images/godic/202412/24/St._Magnus_Church5750.JPG")
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Birsay (Old Norse: Birgisherað) is a parish in the north west corner of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Almost all the land in the parish is devoted to agriculture: chiefly grassland used to rear beef cattle. There are various ancient monuments in the parish.