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UNESCO World Heritage site

Sceilg Mhichíl1996

UNESCO World Heritage

UNESCO World Heritage

Inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1996, Sceilg Mhichíl is the most spectacularly situated of all the early medieval island monastic sites in Ireland. The island lies at the extreme north-western edge of Europe, rising from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Co. Kerry.

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  • Title: UNESCO World Heritage site
  • Creator: Sceilg Mhichíl
  • Date Created: 1996
  • Rights: Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland
  • Location: Ireland
  • Inscription Criteria: Criteria: (iii)(iv)
  • Date of Inscription: 1996
  • Category of Site: Cultural site
UNESCO World Heritage

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