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Skelligs
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Skelligs, rocky islands, off SW Republic of Ireland, in Co. Kerry, comprising Lemon Rock, Little Skellig, and Great Skellig. Climbing the rocks to the peaks of Great Skellig was part of an ancient means of penance. The island has a lighthouse and ruins of a monastery.


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The Manx Shearwater, relatives of the albatross, breed on the Baskets and Skellig islands off the coast of Kerry - the Great Blasket alone has one of Europe's most important populations of the diving nocturnal bird.
Skellig Islands Skellig islands shoot up like two black pyramids circled by birds in the Atlantic ocean.
 
 
 
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