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, ...

They are beautiful, pristine, world treasures, etc. There’s a 6th century monastery at the top of Skellig Michael. Little Skellig hosts gazillions of gannets. Also puffins, but only through August 7, ...

It's July 1. Three boats leave Portmagee to land on Skellig Michael every 45 minutes. Each of the 15 boats, all carrying 12 passengers across from Portmagee Marina, is fully booked. The world heritage ...

In the final scene of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (spoiler alert) Rey, played by Daisy Ridley, meets Luke Skywalker on a mysterious island that's supposed to be part of a planet far, far away — but ...

Reporting from Mayo, IrelandReporting 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.

Skellig Michael is a jagged rock that rises from the ocean about 8 miles off the coast of County Kerry, in southwest Ireland. (Image: Unesco) Near the top of the island, the feeling breezed through me ...