Over seven miles off the Irish coast, lie the sea crags of Skellig Michael, a breathtaking island once home to a community of reclusive monks. More recently, a different kind of hermit used it as his fictitious home: Luke Skywalker. 🎥Aerial Ireland | Smithsonian Channel

VagaGuide Brian takes you on a tour of the Skellig Islands off the coast of County Kerry 🛥️ Located 12 km (8 miles) offshore, they are accessible only by boat. Skellig Michael, the larger of the two islands was settled by monks well over 1,000 years ago. 😲 They cut 618 steps into the rock by hand to climb to the top of the island where they built a monastery badk in the 6th century. The monastery and the beehive huts they lived in are still there to this day! 🤩 The smaller Little Skellig isla

The skellig islands are so mysterious They are almost magnetic in the way they lure you out into the Atlantic 12 kilometres off the coast of Kerry. These UNESCO world heritage islands are home to some amazing wildlife. I took a trip with Jamie on his Skellig Coast Adventures from Portmagee and what I saw took my breath away I am lucky to have Julian Fowler Media Julian Fowler Media to film this See my Skellig painting at Mallett Fine Art https://www.mallettspallette.co.uk/shop | Timmy Mallett