- The twin crags of Skellig Michael Islands appears in the horizon, shortly after the Skellig Michael Boat Trips start off from Portmagee Village.
- Since the extreme remoteness of Skellig Michael has until recently discouraged visitors, the site is exceptionally well preserved.
- Getting to Skellig Michael is half the fun. Sometimes if you do manage to get to the island, the surging seas put a stop to any chance of making a landing.
- The first written evidence of Skellig Michael is found in a late eight-century account of the death of a monk from the island.
- Eight miles from Ballinskelligs Bay off the tip of Iveragh Peninsula is situated the island of Skellig Michael, one of the most enigmatic and remote sacred sites of all...
- 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”.
- “The uniqueness of Skellig Michael is that the monastic architecture survived.” It survived because of the island’s remote location.
- Skellig Michael (from Sceilig Mhichíl in the Irish language, meaning Michael's rock), also known as Great Skellig, is a steep rocky island in the Atlantic Ocean about 9 miles...
- In fact, only 180 people per day are allowed to step foot onto the island. Also, there are just a handful of boats that make the journey out to Skellig Michael.
- Skellig Michael is one of the seven sacred sites along an imaginary line stretching from Ireland to Israel, known as “The Sword of Saint Michael “.