“Was this, a poet asked from afar, God’s city, the pleroma? And yes, yes, that otherworldly plenitude lives here, infusing pavements, and oratories, and cells ...” Paddy Bushe’s poem, Entrance, opens ...

A rocky pyramid emerges out of a dark blue sea. It is cinematic even before you add the Millennium Falcon. You can see why "Star Wars" producers chose Skellig Michael as a location in a galaxy far, ...

A new book collects the writings and lore on the famous Kerry islands and surrounding area by a man who lived most of his life in Ballinskelligs, says Marjorie Brennan. As the ‘Star Wars’ ...

Each summer, the Skellings area hosts some mammoth seabird breeding colonies, some of which are of international importance ...

They are beautiful, pristine, world treasures, etc. There’s a 6th century monastery at the top of Skellig Michael. Little Skellig hosts gazillions of gannets. Also puffins, but only through August 7, ...

Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2017 Spectacular: Skellig Island, taken from the air. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan Little Skellig. Photo: Fáilte Ireland/Raymond Fogarty Kerry's Skellig Ring has been named ...

Little Skellig viewed from the beehive huts of Skellig Michael. Photo: Arian Zwegers/Creative Commons Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or ...

Jutting out from the Atlantic, the Skellig Islands have long been a fixture on the Irish tourist trail but are now becoming a focal point for the growing debate on plastic sea pollution. Little ...

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