A saint is one who exaggerates what the world neglects. —G.K. Chesterton Skellig Michael is a 700-foot-high pinnacle of water-and-wind-worn rock that rises like Excalibur out of the Atlantic waves ...

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, ...

Reporting from Mayo, Ireland — Sometime around AD 600, a handful of Irish monks decided that the rigors of fasting and penance on the mainland were not exacting enough. Waiting until the seas were ...

Well, I've been there. Advertisement Article continues below this ad If you go There are surely more reputable — and safe — outfits transporting folks out to Skellig Michael than our unnamed one, and ...

Near the top of the island, the feeling breezed through me: solitude. It didn’t last long, as my wife, daughter and son were nearby but out of sight on our journey to the ruins of a remote medieval ...

The Office for Public Works (OPW) changed its safety briefing for visitors to the famous Skellig Islands this summer after a ‘near miss’ involving a tourist. The visitor slipped off the steps while ...