Management of Isolated Islands: The example of Sceilg Mhichíl, Ireland by Edward Bourke

Subjects: “…skellig michael…”
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Unruly Girls and Unruly Language: Typography and Play in David Almond’s My Name is Mina. by Eve Tandoi

“…This essay focuses on My Name is Mina (2010), the prequel to Almond’s groundbreaking debut Skellig (1998), in which Mina, Michael’s female accomplice in Skellig, is given a voice.  …”
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Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Archaeological Sites in County Kerry, Ireland by Fergus McCormick, Melissa Nicolas

“…The three case studies discussed, Dunbeg Promontory Fort, Skellig Michael and Ballinskelligs Priory, are National Monument sites in state care. …”
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Mobile characters, mobile texts: homelessness and intertextuality in contemporary texts for young people by Mavis Reimer

“…This article considers three novels from three different national traditions to address the work of intertextuality in narratives about homelessness: Skellig by UK author David Almond, which was published in 1998; Chronicler of the Winds by Swedish author Henning Mankell, which was first published in 1988 in Swedish as Comédia Infantil and published in an English translation in 2006; and Stained Glass by Canadian author Michael Bedard, which was published in 2002. …”
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Using citizen science image analysis to measure seabird phenology by Edney, AJ, Danielsen, J, Descamps, S, Jónsson, JE, Owen, E, Merkel, F, Stefánsson, RA, Wood, MJ, Jessopp, MJ, Hart, T

“…Year-round monitoring also showed that Kittiwakes visited one of the lowest latitude colonies, Skellig Michael (51.8°N), during winter, whereas birds from a colony at similar latitude, Skomer Island (51.7°N), did not. …”

Introduktion by Jørgen S. Nielsen

“…Hver især belyser de tre artikler vigtige dimensioner af den nutidige situation i tre for- skellige lokaliteter i mellemøsten. Deres forskellighed illustrerer, hvor forsigtig udenfor- stående skal være med at nå en hasteslutning om områdets angivelige fællesstræk – shi’ismen mod sunnismen, religiøse mod sekulære, mm. …”
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