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	Skellig Michael - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Skellig Michael (from Sceilig Mhichíl in the Irish language, meaning Michael's rock), also known as Great Skellig, is a steep rocky island about 15 kilometres west off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland.
		It is the larger of the two Skellig Islands.
		The monastery on Skellig Michael survived a Viking raid in 823 and later was significantly expanded with a new chapel around the start of the second millennium.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skellig_Michael (378 words)

	Skellig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Skellig is a children's book by David Almond, for which Almond was given the Carnegie Medal in 1998 and also the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award.
		Although the obvious implication is that he is some kind of angel, his general demeanour and attitude is in direct contrast to traditional ideas about angels, leading the reader to consider ideas around religious imagery and the role of mystery in life.
		The names Skellig and Michael are connected with the place Skellig Michael in County Kerry, Ireland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skellig (308 words)

	ALAN Volume 28, Number 2 - Jean Pollard Dimmitt
		On Michael's first day back at school following his discovery of Skellig, Michael's English teacher tells the story of Icarus, the young dreamer who attached wings to his back with wax and then flew too close to the sun causing the wax to melt and him to plunge to his death (13-14).
		Skellig Michael is a small, rocky island off the southwestern coast of Ireland, where a monastery by the same name exists (Skellig Michael).
		Then when Michael actually takes Mina to see Skellig, he worries that she will not see him, that "maybe dreams and truth were just a useless muddle in my mind" (74).
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/ALAN/v28n2/dimmitt.html (5459 words)

	Skellig Michael - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		Skellig Michael is the larger of the two Skellig Islands situated some 12km off the coast of County Kerry, and it is home to a small monastery founded in the seventh century.
		Skellig Michael is a tiny island and you have to go there by a small boat, the joutney takes about an hour and the prize is a steep 35 euro but I manged to get it down to 20.
		Skellig Michael is inscribed by UNESCO as a cultural heritage but the natural beauty and the wildlife is even more stunning.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/skelligmichael.html (881 words)

	Amazon.com: Skellig (Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award (Awards)): Books: David Almond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Michael hadn't really wanted to move to the creepy old house on Falconer Road, but his parents were determined to have more space for their growing family.
		Skellig was a very different character and the reader never really does learn what or who he is. It is like real life in that way, mysteries are not always solved and life is colored in shades of gray.
		Michael was desperately trying to be the big boy that his father wanted him to be and, in actuality, needed him to be at that time.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/038532653X?v=glance (2657 words)

	Trans-Europe St. Michael Line, from Lundy, Isle of Avalon by Mystic Realms
		Michael is recorded from as early as the sixth century.
		Michael stood on this prominent hilltop, surmounting a prehistoric chambered burial mound.
		Michael visited him and instructed him to build a church there in the form of a circle.
	www.lundyisleofavalon.co.uk /places/stmiklyn/stmiklyn1.htm (765 words)

	Islets preserve ancient histories - The Boston Globe
		SKELLIG MICHAEL ISLAND, Ireland -- Pat Joe Murphy, lifelong fisherman and captain of the rumbling trawler-turned-passenger-vessel Shelluna, is worried that we'll miss the boat.
		The twin peaks of Skellig Michael's darker cousin, Small Skellig, soar into the sky like dark Gothic spires, and are home to some 27,000 pairs of white-and-fl Northern gannets -- the largest bird colony in Europe -- as well as puffins, kittiwakes, razorbills, and an army of hungry gulls.
		Skellig Michael even survived a Viking raid in the 9th century, and was significantly expanded with a new chapel around AD 1000.
	www.boston.com /travel/getaways/europe/articles/2005/10/30/islets_preserve_ancient_histories?mode=PF (1174 words)

	Skellig by David Almond
		Michael is lonely, unhappy and worried at the beginning of the novel.
		Skellig has also made a difference to the pictures Michael draws and the way he thinks:"." (Find a quote from page 106 to show this.) The pictures suggest that he feels (explain fully).
		Michael is especially worried because When his mum talks to him about the baby, she tells him that she has seen Skellig too, although she says it was in a dream.
	www.newi.ac.uk /englishresources/workunits/ks3/reading/yr9/skelligessplan.html (365 words)

	Skellig Michael
		It is known simply as "Skellig" or Scelig in the eighth and ninth centuries, it becomes known as Skellig Michael after the tenth c.
		Legend has it that a hermit from Skellig baptised the famous Olav Trygvasson in 993, he was to become King of Norway and was the father of Olav II who became the patron saint of Norway.
		Year-round occupancy of Skellig Michael became too difficult and the monks retreated to the mainland (we have record of this in the writings of Giraldus Cambrensis).
	www.dioceseofkerry.ie /pages/heritage/scelig.htm (2028 words)

	Sacred Sites: Skellig Michael (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Another early mention of Skellig is found in the Annals of Innisfallen from 823 AD, which says: “Skellig was plundered by the heathen and Eitgal (the abbot) was carried off and he died of hunger on their hands.” From the early 9th century the Vikings repeatedly pillaged the monastery, killing many of its inhabitants.
		Michael, almost always shown killing a ‘dragon’ with a sword, is the Christian saint that carried the souls of the worthy to heaven.
		In this regard it is important to mention that a 13th century German source claims that Skellig was the final location of the battle between St. Patrick and the venomous snakes and devils that plagued Ireland.
	www.sacredsites.com /europe/ireland/skellig_michael.html (725 words)

	Sedona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The small jagged island of Skellig Michael is the point on the Earthplane in which the renowned Michael leyline enters Gaia.
		It wasn't lost on me that the church symbol of Archangel Michael includes dragons, that he is connected to the harnessing of the dragon's energy, and the removal of the serpents from Ireland.
		Skellig Minor is the home of some 27,000 pairs of gannets - the second largest colony of such seabirds in the world.
	www.lightworker.com /HotSpots/skellig/skelligmichaelarticle.htm (3491 words)

	Booktalks Quick and Simple
		At one corner of the garage, Michael finds a man. (I would then read them the man's description from page 8 and the description of the man's wings on page 95.) Try to guess who this man with wings is and see if you're right by reading Skellig.
		Michael wants his life back the way he dreamed it would be.
		Michael reaches out to this being, bringing him Chinese #27 and #53 (his favorite), and aspirin (for his "Arthur Itis") and begins a relationship that defies description.
	nancykeane.com /booktalks/almond_skellig.htm (446 words)

	Skellig Michael: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Skellig Michael (from Sceilig Mhichíl in the Irish language, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Skellig Michael survived a Viking Viking quick summary:
		The name viking is a loan from the native scandinavian term for the norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of scandinavia, the british isles, and...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sk/skellig_michael.htm (722 words)

	David Almond, Skellig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Michael and his parents and baby sister have just moved into a crumbling "fixer-upper," which might have been more exciting were his sister not seriously ill. Left to his own devices, he explores the dilapidated garage and makes a startling discovery.
		He calls himself Skellig, and he is part man, part angel or bird or both, and wholly remarkable.
		Meanwhile, Michael's excited happiness with Skellig is blunted by the tension produced when his sister goes into the hospital.
	www.rambles.net /almond_skellig.html (282 words)

	Book Reviews by faculty and graduate students in the Children's Literature Program at SDSU
		The parallelism between Skellig and Michael's sister regaining their strength and choosing life is done with skill and grace.
		As Michael and Mina befriend Skellig and pray for Michael's sister, they learn that you don't have to have wings to be an angel.
		Skellig is a mysterious adventure without a definite answer to the wonder at the events that unfold.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /~childlit/reviews/r-almond.htm (382 words)

	Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Ireland
		One of the sites where those monks struggled is Skellig Michael, a rocky 44-acre, 200-meter-high island about eight miles off the coast of County Kerry in southwestern Ireland.
		You can visit Skellig Michael as part of a summer trip to Ireland’s scenic southwest coast, but it will be a short call that depends upon the rare kindness of nature.
		One of the best books on Skellig Michael is a 1990 picture book whose production required an immense amount of planning, waiting and putting up with thousands of close calls.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Heritage/Archives/Skellig_Michael.htm (781 words)

	Teachers@Random Catalog \| Skellig by David Almond
		Michael feels lonely and isolated when his family moves to a dilapidated old house in a new neighborhood.
		Paralyzed with fear that his sister might die, Michael wanders into a rundown garage in the backyard and discovers Skellig, a filthy and pale creature lying beneath spiderwebs and dead flies.
		Michael brushes his hands against Skellig's back and detects what appear to be wings.
	www.randomhouse.com /teachers/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0440229081&view=rg (665 words)

	World Heritage - Skellig Michael Island - Brian O'Reilly - 79/119 - World Wide Panorama
		Skellig Michael - 12 Km (8 miles) off Valencia on the extreme South West Coast of Ireland.
		Skellig Michael is one of two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Ireland.
		Skellig Michael is one of the best preserved early Christian island monasteries in the world.
	geoimages.berkeley.edu /wwp604/html/BrianOReilly.html (238 words)

	Skelligs Rock, Skelligs Michael, Sceiligs Mhichil - History, Boat Trips and Photos
		Skelligs is a magical place and it would be a crime to come to Kerry and not experience it.
		Skellig Michael itself is home to a wide variety of birdlife including the puffin.
		For those who are interested in learning more about the Skellig, we recommend Des Lavelle's 'The Skellig Story' which is a wonderful guide to the history, folklore and wildlife of the islands written by a man who has spent more time studying the Skelligs than any other.
	www.moorings.ie /skelligs.asp (574 words)

	Amazon.com: Skellig: Books: David Almond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Michael and his family have just moved to a new home, which proves more dramatic than any of them had imagined.
		The house is a true fixer-upper, and Michael's new baby sister, born prematurely, is seriously ill. While his parents are consumed with worry about the baby, Michael is left alone with his own fears.
		As Michael and his new neighbor Mina spend time with Skellig, they learn about the transforming power of caring and love as they tend to Skellig's infirmities and cater to his fondness for Chinese takeout.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440416027?v=glance (2518 words)

	Skellig Rocks
		Skellig Michael now lay across a final mile of heavy water, its dramatic shape and massive berg-like presence tempting me ever onward.
		Beneath the towering rocks of Skellig Michael I surged and stalled, rising and falling on reflected waves.
		Indeed, high up on the south face of Small Skellig, hidden from passing boats, are the ruins of a man-made rectangular building which may have been a gannet-hunter's shelter.
	irishislands.info /sceilg.html (1361 words)

	Welcome to Cork Kerry-Cork Kerry, the counties of the spectacular Southwest of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Skellig Michael and Little Skellig are located 12km off Valentia Island.
		The Skellig lighthouse was automated in 1987 and the lighthouse crew went ashore for the last time.
		Underwater the steep cliffs of the Skelligs plunge to a further 50 metres.
	www.corkkerry.ie /content.asp?id=193 (194 words)

	OpenCms - New Page 0 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house.
		The only person Michael can confide in is his new friend Mina.
		Told in lyrical prose, Skellig is a mystery, an adventure, and a family story, in which Michael learns about nature, poetry, and the healing power of love.
	ci.cedarhill.tx.us:8080 /opencms/opencms/Library/TheBookShelf/Capstone/Skellig.html (112 words)

	Skellig Michael. From "The Far Side of the Sky" by Christopher E. Brennen
		And yet sometime in the sixth century, when the rest of Europe was deep in the Dark Ages, a small group of ascetic monks sailed from the Irish mainland in fragile currachs (boats made of animal skins and tar) and made perilous landfall on Skellig Michael.
		Due to their stone construction and their isolation, the remains of this monastery are remarkably well preserved and consist of six small beehive cells, round on the outside and rectangular within.
		Little Skellig dominated the seascape and the tens of thousands of seabirds that roost on that island made it appear like a great white bee's nest.
	www.dankat.com /mstory/skelig.htm (2440 words)

	Skellig Michael - Places To Visit County Kerry Ireland
		The Skellig Islands, Skellig Michael and Small Skellig, stand aloof in the Atlantic Ocean some 12 km southwest of Valentia Island, County Kerry.
		From any angle, or from any vantage point on the nearby Ring of Kerry, they are spectacular pinnacles, which have magnetised viewers throughout all history — and beyond.
		But there is nothing volcanic about these Skelligs rocks; they are created of the same 350—million-year-old Devonian Sandstone that runs right through the backbone of Kerry - from the county’s south-western headlands to the shores of Killarney's lakes.
	www.skelligexperience.com /skellig_michael.html (113 words)

	Skellig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Michael explores the backyard and finds a broken down garage and finds a man who keeps on on asking for 27 and 53.
		Michael stays home from school because he is woried that his sister is going to die.
		Michael and Mina bring him to the house that Mina will own when she is 18.
	groveland.spps.org /Skellig.html (205 words)

	The Skellig Islands in Kerry - Ireland Travel Information Guide
		During the time of the Penal Laws, Skellig Michael and Little Skellig became a haven for many Catholics whose beliefs and rights were being suppressed.
		The largest of the Skelligs is Skellig Michael (Sceilg Mhichil) and was home to one of the earliest monastic settlements in Ireland.
		There is a fantastic wealth of birdlife on and around the Skelligs, especially puffins in late spring and gannets on the Small Skellig.
	www.12travel.com /ie/Cork_Kerry/attractions/skelligs.html (278 words)

	Sea Quest - Boat trips to the Skelligs - Kerry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Skellig rocks, which are located 12kms off the coast of Kerry, Ireland, are of such an importance that they have been made a World Heritage Site.
		When you first see The Skelligs you wonder how or why anyone would live on such a remote rock in the middle of The Atlantic Ocean, when you visit and stand on the site of the monastery and Experience the Skelligs then you begin to understand.
		The archaeology the amazing sea and wild life and the wide open timeless scenery of Skellig is a must for any visitor to Ireland.
	www.skelligsrock.com (230 words)

	Skellig Michael (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The eight miles of sea may have made the Skelligs a safer place than many - but it meant that they were cut off from the mainland for most of the winter.
		The rocky islands did little to help the monks with their cultivation and, it is believed, they had to resort to importing soil from the mainland in order to grow enough food to survive.
		It is possible to visit Skellig Michael - although access continues to be difficult and subject to winds and tides and the local knowledge of the boatmen.
	www.wellsprings.org.uk /wellspring_of_pilgrimage/skellig.htm (423 words)

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