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2007-03-05 11:38:18 · 1 answers · asked by BlahBlahBlah 3 in Travel Other - Destinations

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"Skellig Michael (from Sceilig Mhichíl in the Irish language, meaning Michael's rock), also known as Great Skellig, is a steep rocky island about 15 kilometres west of the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. It is the larger of the two Skellig Islands. For 600 years the island was an important center of monastic life for Irish Christian monks. An Irish Celtic monastery, which is situated almost at the summit of the 230-metre-high rock, was built in 588, and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. It is one of Europe's better known but least accessible monasteries."

2007-03-07 01:54:40 · answer #1 · answered by peter_lobell 5 · 0 0

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