Skellig Michael from the North, KerryMost people see Skellig Michael from the south or east, where the monastery steps are visible and the beehive huts sit in their sheltered hollow. This is the north face. A completely different animal. From here you get the full measure of how improbable the place is. Two jagged peaks rising straight out of dark Atlantic water. The left summit holds the monastery, though you'd never know it from this angle. The monks chose that spot deliberately,