The Skellig Islands (Irish: Na Scealaga), historically "the Skellocks",[1] are two small, steep, and rocky islands lying about 13 km (8 mi) west of Bolus Head off the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. The larger of the two is Skellig Michael (also known as Great Skellig), famous for an early Christian monastery that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Together with Little Skellig, they make up a 364-hectare (899-acre) Important Bird Area.[2]
^Analecta Hibernica. Stationery Office of Saorstát Éireann. 1995. p. 332.
^BirdWatch Ireland. "The Skelligs: Great Skellig and Little Skellig". BirdLife International. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
The SkelligIslands (Irish: Na Scealaga), historically "the Skellocks", are two small, steep, and rocky islands lying about 13 km (8 mi) west of Bolus...
of stone. Its twin island, Little Skellig (Sceilig Bheag), is smaller and inaccessible (landing is not permitted). The two islands rose c. 374–360 million...
names "Skellig" and "Michael" are derived from the SkelligIslands off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. One of them is Skellig Michael Island; St Michael...
the two SkelligIslands, together with the larger Skellig Michael. Little Skellig is a nature reserve and bird colony. Landing on Little Skellig is not...
rocks referred to in the area’s Irish name are the SkelligIslands—Skellig Michael and Little Skellig—an ancient monastic colony which lies off the coast...
Kerry. It is the larger of the two SkelligIslands. Probably founded in the 7th century, for 600 years the island was a centre of monastic life for Irish...
Irish offshore islands decreased dramatically during the Irish famine and the period following it. Since then the trend on most islands has been a decreasing...
shore of Valentia Island (including Fogher Cliffs) are in the background. Bray Head view looking west with Bray Tower and SkelligIslands in distance View...
between Renard Point on the mainland and Knightstown on the island. The SkelligIslands lie about 12 kilometres (7.5 statute miles or 6.4 nautical miles)...
of Cahersiveen, the birthplace of Daniel O'Connell SkelligIslands with the monastic site on Skellig Michael, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Tralee, home...
Cashel, lies 4 km to the northwest. There are sightseeing trips to the SkelligIslands from Bunavalla daily during the summer season (weather dependent)....
approval for the extension of its continental shelf, to the west of the island, and now has responsibility for an area of some 141,000 square nautical...
background of outdoor shots set on Ahch-To. Puffins are native to the SkelligIslands, which served as the filming location of Ahch-To, and local conservation...
Football Union governs the sport throughout the island. The sport is organised at all levels on an all-island basis through a provincial structure of four...
and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of the SkelligIslands, County Kerry, Ireland (51°20′N 10°30′W / 51.333°N 10.500°W / 51...
From the summit there are views of the SkelligIslands, Dingle Peninsula, the Blasket Islands, Beginish Island, Cahersiveen, Portmagee and MacGillycuddy's...
on the Skellig Ring drive between Portmagee and Ballinskelligs, looking over St. Finian's Bay. From the church one can see the SkelligIslands. The megalithic...
sunk by German submarine SM U-46 in the Atlantic Ocean west of the SkelligIslands, killing 31 crew and taking two survivors prisoner. The small town...
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