Climbing to the top of Skellig Michael was a trip into antiquity. This remote abandoned monastic complex of beehive construction, dating from the 7th century, was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Prior to this trip, I had not heard of either Skellig..and here I was! We swung like a pendulum, on a rope to get from the rocking boat to the landing ledge and then hugged the steep mountain as we climbed 755 feet to the top. We visited in September of 1999 and saw that archeological excavations and reconstruction was underway.
