Skelligs rock

• miki g

  Participant

  July 3, 2009 at 7:21 am

  I was just wondering if any of you have been to Skellig rock? I know a lot of you have visited the Saltees and enjoyed it, but Skellig also has a large gannet population, puffins,rasorbills etc and I was interested if anyone had experienced a trip to both just to compare as to which was best? I realise that Skellig is a bit “touristish” which might not be a good thing.
  Liam2673

  Participant

  July 3, 2009 at 1:57 pm

  There are two rocks, Skellig Mor and Skellig Beg. I believe the first is where the boat goes, the second is where the gannet population is but I don;t think there is access.

  If going to Skellig Mor, be aware that the path to the summit is absolutely treacherous on a wet day.
  MartinOC

  Participant

  July 5, 2009 at 9:06 am

  Liam2673 wrote:

  If going to Skellig Mor, be aware that the path to the summit is absolutely treacherous on a wet day.

  I was talking to a friend of mine in the OPW last week and he said that they are considering closing it to the public because of a death of a tourist.
  There seems to be a debate over keeping it pure versus modifying it for safety.

  I find it hard to believe they would close it, but if they did I would be gutted I haven’t seen it yet.

  Martin
  miki g

  Participant

  July 5, 2009 at 9:33 am

  Thanks Martin and Liam. Guess we will just have to wait & see what happens. It would be a great shame if they closed it.
  nickmoran

  Participant

  July 5, 2009 at 11:57 am

  If you go at the right time,it can be very quiet out there with regard to tourists,even on a bad weather day it is really worth a visit!