Hardy tourists visit the island of Skellig Michael, off the Ring of Kerry, where monks helped keep literacy alive in the Dark Ages. He was hell-bent on showing me “the tracks of tetrapods.”I was exploring the much-loved Ring of Kerry, assuming I’d be seeing quaint pubs, sheep farms and plush Emerald Isle beauty. He pointed to the distant, barely visible Skellig Michael Island breaking the horizon far out at sea. In the sixth century Irish monks settled there to communicate with God. Then, moving from evolution and literacy to modern communication, my guide pointed past Skellig Michael to a passing transatlantic ship.

Source: The Herald April 22, 2023 08:33 UTC