- Skellig Michael is early medieval monastery on a small island - rocky pyramid rising the rough seas west from Ireland. Inhabited in 7th - 13th century.
- To the untrained eye, Skellig Michael—a small, rocky island in Ireland which rises dramatically from the sea—appears to be uninviting and uninhabitable.
- The twin crags of Skellig Michael Islands appears in the horizon, shortly after the Skellig Michael Boat Trips start off from Portmagee Village.
- Yet archaeological research suggests a continuous monastic settlement existed on Skellig Michael, in possibly warmer times, between the 9th and 13th centuries.
- Experience a unique and stunning destination - visit Skellig Michael and Little Skellig off the coast of Ireland and explore the historic beehive huts.
- Vikings raided the site in the 9th century, kidnapping and killing some of the monks, but Skellig Michael recovered, and went on to further grow and thrive.
- The first written evidence of Skellig Michael is found in a late eight-century account of the death of a monk from the island.
- Skellig Michael or "Great Skellig" is a small uninhabited island 12 km off the coast of County Kerry in southwest Ireland.
- Skellig Michael Tours provide tours to and around the Skellig Islands , one of which is.the Unesco world heritage island of 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.