- Sceilg Mhichíl aka Skellig Michael is a twin-pinnacled crag located in the Atlantic Ocean some 12km (7 miles) west of the Ivereagh Peninsula in County Kerry...
- The settlement on Skellig Michael survived the battering of the elements for many centuries, but the greatest threat to its continued survival is more recent...
- Due to its universal cultural value, Skellig Michael was awarded World Heritage Site status in 1996, one of only two sites in the Republic of Ireland.
- Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank: [0:05] I’ve just climbed down more than 600 stairs from the top of the rocky island known as Skellig Michael in Southwestern Ireland.
- Choose to land on Skellig Michael (€130 - 5 hour duration) or take a cruise around both Skellig Islands (€50 - 2 hour duration).
- Skellig Michael, also called Great Skellig, is the larger of the two Skellig Islands, 11.6 kilometres (7.2 mi) west of the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.
- The two Skellig islands Skellig Michael and Little Skellig are located approximately 12 kilometres offshore the coast of Kerry.
- Skellig Michael is a rugged island in the Atlantic ocean, just off the Kerry Peninsula in Ireland.
- Skellig Michael’s significance as a place of worship and devotion continued for approximately six centuries, but by the 12th century, the monks had...