The Rock off the western Irish Coast known as "Skellig Michael" was inhabited by Irish Monks for over 600 years; from 588-1222 A.D. "Skellig" (or skeilic) is a Gaelic word used to describe a rock island out in the ocean. In the Middle Ages many high places were named "Michael" after the Archangel Michael. The ancient stone bee-hive huts and Church are barely seen two-thirds of the way up the sheer rock face. The monastery was founded by Fion�n, believed to be one of the original monks who was a member of the community of St. Brendan the Navigator.
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