• Little Skelligs with Skellig Michael in the background. Passengers on the Skellig Michael Tour taking photos of the island.
  • Nevertheless, the spectacle offered by the island is quite simply grandiose: starting with the village of the monks who lived on Skellig Michael.
  • Skellig Michael is a steep pyramidal rugged rock (or "crag")[10] of c. 18 ha (45 acres) on the Atlantic coast off the Iveragh peninsula of County Kerry.
  • Join me as we take a look at today’s destination: Skellig Michael. Before the Monks. Skellig Michael is one of two rocky islands in the area.
  • Book a Skellig Michael Landing Tour or a Skellig Island Boat Tour. Learn everything you need to maximise your chances of landing on the island.
  • The information required for planning a trip is available on Heritage Ireland's Skellig Michael web page. Wishing you all happy trails through Ancient Ireland.
  • The awe-inducing island of Skellig Michael, a World Heritage Site, lies some 12km (8 miles) off the coast of Bolus Head in County Kerry.
  • There are about 500 stones in Skellig Michael that were placed in their original place by monks, and these stones lead to a narrow ridge called the “saddle of Christ”.
  • Although isolated Skellig Michael and its monks did not escape being attacked by the Vikings and in 795AD, Skellig Michael was under attack from the Vikings.
  • As I have mentioned that they are two islands guys, the larger one is Great Skellig which is also known as Skellig Michael.