Skellig Michael is an island 7.2 miles (11.6 km) west of the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. Its landscape is steep and inhospitable, but it contains the site of a 6th century Gaelic monastery and serves as a habitat for puffins, razorbills and grey seals. The island is named after the archangel Michael, with “Skellig” derived from the Gaelic word sceilig, meaning a splinter of stone.
