Find images and videos about beautiful, green and Island on We Heart It - the app to get lost in what you love. There is a tradition that it was founded by St Fionan in the 6th century however, the earliest written records come from the end of the 8th century. The date of the foundation of the monastery on this island is not known. Skellig Michael was made a World Heritage Site in 1996, at the 20th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Mérida, Mexico.The Island is home now to a range of wild birds and animals including puffins, gannets and guillemots. On Skellig Michael you will find a remote monastery dated from the 6th Century and despite the exposed seascape the monks remained on the Island until the 13th Century.
