"Like mighty ships that sail Atlantic foam The Skellig Isles parade the Kerry Coast It's a strange place with the needle's eye Where shipwrecks lie Where the king of the world rested for a while And a place for the pilgrim, a sanctuary of time Fourteen steps to nowhere, out of solid stone Don't lead us to the Heavens or lead us to the sea The Vikings came to plunder and destroy But to this day the holy relics stand In a blind mans cove, where the wailing woman sigh And the seagulls cry Where the king of the world rested for a while And a place for the pilgrim, a sanctuary of time Fourteen steps to nowhere, out of solid stone Don't lead us to the Heavens or lead us to the sea A journey to these islands, so rare The sound of screaming souls that fill the air A thousand wings, against the sky And gray seals disguised Where the king of the world rested for a while And a place for the pilgrim, a sanctuary of time Fourteen steps to nowhere, out of solid stone Don't lead us to the Heavens or lead us to the sea" "The Skellig Islands, Skellig Michael and Small Skellig, stand aloof in the Atlantic Ocean some 12 km southwest of Valentia Island, County Kerry. Michael is the westernmost sacred site along a long line of ancient pilgrimage places running from western Ireland through France, Italy and Greece, and then onto Mt. Carmel in the Palestine. This line, sometimes called the Apollo/St. Michael axis was known thousands of years before the advent of Christianity and linked the venerated holy places of St. Michael’s Mount, Mont St Michel, Bourges, Perugia, Monte Gargano, Delphi, Athens and Delos From any angle, or from any vantage point on the nearby Ring of Kerry, they are spectacular pinnacles, which have magnetized viewers throughout all history - and beyond. These Skellig islands are world-famous, each in its own right: Skellig Michael is known throughout the world of archaeology as the site of a well-preserved monastic outpost of the Early Christian period - now designated a World Heritage Site; Small Skellig is equally renowned in matters of ornithology as the home of some 27,000 pairs of gannets - the second largest colony of such seabirds in the world. A wisp of cloud often adorning the peaks of these pinnacles creates a volcanic impression! But there is nothing volcanic about these Skelligs rocks; they are created of the same 350-million-year-old Devonian Sandstone that runs right through the backbone of Kerry - from the county’s south-western headlands to the shores of Killarney's lakes." ~ sillybunnyon September 13, 2006 songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858625019/
Skellig is the first pilgrimage point dedicated to the Archangel Michael that draw a straight line from Skellig in Ireland to Mount Carmel at Haifa (Israel) , passing through 7 sanctuary dedicated to St Michael.
Not my favorite Clannad album as there is barely any Gaelic on it. And the production seems too slick and polished. But the historical songs like this one and "White Fool" and the lovely "Something to Believe In" make it a nice listening experience! Thanks for posting this beautiful video!
Great song I was in Skellig It used to cost like 50 cents almost exactly to take a boat from mainland Ireland to Skellig. The Irish Republican Army were there. The IRA used to tie up there enemies and drown them and the gulls would eat their left over flesh. I knew the IRA leaders.
A lovely gem...
only 157 likes for such a beautiful song is a shame!
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These ancient mystical Isles of ours......... will draw us home.
Great memories of my childhood days 😇🎤🎧🎵🎶💎💙
A hauntingly beautifull song about one of the most magical and desolate places i've ever visited, hope to return there one day
Wow - amazing that you have been there!
Very beautiful song...
Go raibh míle maith agat as do ghuth a chur i dteagmháil le m’anam chomh domhain.
☘️ Éire go deo i mo chroí 💚
Thank you so much for this video and music! It's my favorite Clannad song!
This and Poison Glen are easily my favorite Clannad songs.
Yeah - really great songs - as soooo many more of them!! 😍
IRELAND ,THE EMERALD ISLE! GRÁ MO CHROÍ!
Slainte!!!
Real "porgs*😉 Beautiful song,Beautiful island....
"Like mighty ships that sail Atlantic foam
The Skellig Isles parade the Kerry Coast
It's a strange place with the needle's eye
Where shipwrecks lie
Where the king of the world rested for a while
And a place for the pilgrim, a sanctuary of time
Fourteen steps to nowhere, out of solid stone
Don't lead us to the Heavens or lead us to the sea
The Vikings came to plunder and destroy
But to this day the holy relics stand
In a blind mans cove, where the wailing woman sigh
And the seagulls cry
Where the king of the world rested for a while
And a place for the pilgrim, a sanctuary of time
Fourteen steps to nowhere, out of solid stone
Don't lead us to the Heavens or lead us to the sea
A journey to these islands, so rare
The sound of screaming souls that fill the air
A thousand wings, against the sky
And gray seals disguised
Where the king of the world rested for a while
And a place for the pilgrim, a sanctuary of time
Fourteen steps to nowhere, out of solid stone
Don't lead us to the Heavens or lead us to the sea"
"The Skellig Islands, Skellig Michael and Small Skellig, stand aloof in the Atlantic Ocean some 12 km southwest of Valentia Island, County Kerry. Michael is the westernmost sacred site along a long line of ancient pilgrimage places running from western Ireland through France, Italy and Greece, and then onto Mt. Carmel in the Palestine. This line, sometimes called the Apollo/St. Michael axis was known thousands of years before the advent of Christianity and linked the venerated holy places of St. Michael’s Mount, Mont St Michel, Bourges, Perugia, Monte Gargano, Delphi, Athens and Delos
From any angle, or from any vantage point on the nearby Ring of Kerry, they are spectacular pinnacles, which have magnetized viewers throughout all history - and beyond.
These Skellig islands are world-famous, each in its own right: Skellig Michael is known throughout the world of archaeology as the site of a well-preserved monastic outpost of the Early Christian period - now designated a World Heritage Site; Small Skellig is equally renowned in matters of ornithology as the home of some 27,000 pairs of gannets - the second largest colony of such seabirds in the world.
A wisp of cloud often adorning the peaks of these pinnacles creates a volcanic impression! But there is nothing volcanic about these Skelligs rocks; they are created of the same 350-million-year-old Devonian Sandstone that runs right through the backbone of Kerry - from the county’s south-western headlands to the shores of Killarney's lakes."
~ sillybunnyon September 13, 2006
songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858625019/
Skellig is the first pilgrimage point dedicated to the Archangel Michael that draw a straight line from Skellig in Ireland to Mount Carmel at Haifa (Israel) , passing through 7 sanctuary dedicated to St Michael.
It was sacred for a long time before it was dedicated to the saint.
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Not my favorite Clannad album as there is barely any Gaelic on it. And the
production seems too slick and polished. But the historical songs like this
one and "White Fool" and the lovely "Something to Believe In" make it a
nice listening experience! Thanks for posting this beautiful video!
Inspiration for Sapkowski's Ard Skellige.
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Thx 💚🎼😉
Where the King of the world rested for a while.
Which king?
We used to see dodo birds and try to save them on, Skelig, noe they are extinct I think tears
Great song I was in Skellig It used to cost like 50 cents almost exactly to take a boat from mainland Ireland to Skellig. The Irish Republican Army were there. The IRA used to tie up there enemies and drown them and the gulls would eat their left over flesh. I knew the IRA leaders.
Magic island, magic Ireland, magic Clannad
I was here when it had DODO BIRDS