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  2. Skellig Michael - Wikipedia

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    Gaelic Christian monks founded a monastery on Skellig Michael sometime between the 6th and 8th centuries. [8] Like many early Christian sites in Kerry, it is said to have been founded by Saint Fionán in the early 6th century, though this is doubted by historians. [25]

  3. Finnian of Clonard - Wikipedia

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    He then founded a monastic community on Skellig Michael, off the coast of Kerry, 'though this is doubted by historians. [7] From there, he went to Brigid's monastery at Kildare. [8] Around 520, he was at last led by an angel to Cluain Eraird (Clonard, County Meath) on the River Boyne, which he was told would be the place of his resurrection.

  4. List of monastic houses in County Kerry - Wikipedia

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    Skellig Michael Monastery, Great Skellig Island: early monastic site, purportedly founded by a St Finan; plundered by the Danes 824; rebuilt 860; most of the community transferred to Ballinaskellig probably before mid-11th century, hermits probably remaining into the medieval period Great Skellig; Raith-maigi-tuaiscirt; Rath-maigi-tuaiscirt;

  5. Skellig Islands - Wikipedia

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    The remains of the Skellig Michael monastery appear in the film, representing an ancient Jedi temple. [10] [11] Earlier, the Skellig Islands served as a location in the Werner Herzog 1976 movie Heart of Glass, where the islands feature in one of the prophecies by the seer Hias. [12] Certain scenes from the 2012 movie Byzantium were also filmed ...

  6. Portmagee - Wikipedia

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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 in the Atlantic Ocean about 9 miles (14 kilometres) from the coast of County Kerry. It is the larger of the two Skellig Islands. Probably founded in the 7th century, for 600 years the island was a centre of ...

  7. 50 of the World's Most Breathtaking Views - AOL

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    Skellig Michael. Ireland Now famous for being Luke Skywalker's hideout in recent "Star Wars" movies, Skellig Michael is a place like no other. Eight miles off the coast of County Kerry, you'll ...

  8. Clochán - Wikipedia

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    Clochán are mainly found in the Southwest of Ireland, for example at Skellig Michael, Church Island off Beginish Island, Glanfahan, Fahan and Reask in the Dingle Peninsula of County Kerry.

  9. Skellig - Wikipedia

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    Skellig is deliberately ambiguous about its title character. [5] Almond has provided public answers to some frequent questions from his school visits. The names "Skellig" and "Michael" are derived from the Skellig Islands off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. [6] One of them is Skellig Michael Island; St Michael is also the name of an archangel.