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Attraction · Kenmare · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Skellig Monastery in Kenmare

Skellig Monastery is an attraction in Kenmare, County Kerry. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.

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The story

Audio tour · Skellig Monastery

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You're standing on Skellig Michael, a steep crag in the Atlantic, almost twelve kilometres off the coast of County Kerry in Ireland. Have a look around: two peaks with a dip between them called Christ's Saddle. The island is named after the Archangel Michael, and the word skellig means something like a splinter of stone. Further off you'll see its little sister, Little Skellig. Nobody lands there.

Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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When you stand at Skellig Monastery, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.

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