Skellig Michael
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County Kerry (Iveragh Peninsula) |
The 'Rock of St Michael' is some 8 miles out to
sea off the Dingle peninsula. St Fionan is said to
have founded the monastery about 650. There are 2
peaks, the monastic site on the lower peak with the
bee-hived huts and oratories etc and the hermitage on
the higher peak. There are many Cross Slabs.
In 823 Abbot Eitgall was taken from the monastery
by Vikings and starved to death while his fellow
monks were killed in their sanctuary.
See: O'Sullivan A and Sheehan J The Iveragh
Peninsula, an Archaeological Survey of S Kerry
p278-290
Horn, Marshall and Rourke 'The Forgotten Hermitage
of Skellig Michael
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