How the wandering monks of Ireland created a thriving Christian culture
While Europe was in chaos during the sixth century, the monks in Ireland were busy preserving Christian faith and culture […]
History
The Barbarians Strike Back: How Europe was Plunged into the Dark Ages
In order to discover how the monks on Skellig Michael contributed to the survival of Western Civilization, we must first […]
Did the monks on Skellig Michael save the Western world from the Dark (Side)?
Modern historian and commentator Kenneth Clark said in his popular BBC show Civilization, “Western Christianity survived by clinging to places like […]
Did an Irish monk reach America before Columbus?
Early Irish monks were quite the adventurers. Besides building a monastery on remote locations such as Skellig Michael, they traveled […]
Why Irish monks chose such a cold, harsh and distant place for a monastery
Along with a desire to go into the desert and contemplate God, the monks of Ireland held on to the […]
“Walk like an Egyptian:” How the first monks of Skellig Michael were inspired by Egyptian hermits
Last week we looked at how the monks who founded the monastery on Skellig Michael were wandering for the love of […]