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A view from the South face from the open monastic huts of Skellig Michael looking across at the beehive stone huts of The monastic Island, Skellig Michael founded in the 7th century, for 600 years the island was a centre of monastic life for Irish Christian monks. The Celtic monastery, which is situated almost at the summit of the 230-metre-high rock became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. It is one of Europe’s better known but least accessible monasteries.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
