Great pictures and wonderful site. I found this through twitter. You've done some great work here...informative and enjoyable...

Did they happen to tell you about the people that fell to their deaths on Skellig Michael. My husband fell to his death in May, 2009, and a lady fell to her death from the same spot in Sept,2009. They refuse to put up some type of barrier in that spot, they said it would take away from the site, but they have already fabricated things on top. Go to Utube and look at "The fabrication of Skellig Michael".

Brian, did they mention that they never told us that the site was not officially open to visitors, there were no guides on the Island, and the boats captains were not licensed to take visitors out at that time due to a dispute with the OPW. They didn't have any type of emergency first aid or personnel trained in first aid at the site. After my husband fell, they said they were putting emergency personnel on the Island, plus guides and medical equipment. When the other person fell, there was a Doctor from Germany who was a visitor, and he attended to her. The equipment they had was not sufficient. They called for the helicopter, as they did for my husband, but it took over an hour or longer, and they didn't even have a key to open the gate to the helipad. I am shocked that the OPW in their safety report are blaming the victims, saying it is a mountaineering experience, when they know nothing about the 2 people that fell. I can assure you my husband was able to climb the 600 steps, as we did much hiking. We vacationed all the time in National Parks where we hiked rough terrain. In speaking with the other persons family, they, too, did much of the same. I don't see anything wrong with using the rocks from the Island to put up a little barrier at that area. It seems to me that if 2 people fell from the same spot, there has to be something very wrong and unsafe there. My family is going through pure hell because of the loss of a husband, father, grandfather, and friend. I also know the other persons family is going through the same thing. We are not asking for a hugh fence, or anything unsightly, just some sort of barrier.

Thank you Brian, we are trying to prevent anything like this from happening again, but it seems to fall on deaf ears, but both families will not give up.