The island monastery of Skellig Michael was founded by St Fionán in the 6th century 12km off the Kerry coast & became an important monastic settlement & religious retreat due to its remote location. https://t.co/fIYRCg45Nk #MayThe4thBeWithYou#medievaltwitter#StarWars
Little Skellig was not colonised by monks or lonely #jedi, but instead by over 70,000 gannets, Ireland's largest seabird & the 2nd largest colony of gannets in the world. Arctic terns, fulmars, cormorants & puffins all call the islands home. https://t.co/fIYRCg45Nk #MayTheFourth
26-year-old David Higgins from Caherslee, Tralee and 19-year-old Alex McGourty from Sligo lost their lives after getting into difficulty while kayaking in Ecuador.
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