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County KerryA loop

The Skellig Monks Trail

The Skellig Monks Trail is a waymarked loop in County Kerry, 2.2 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws.

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2.2 km
as this site, measured along the drawn line has it
2.2 km
measured on the map
Distance
Nobody publishes one that this site has found2.2 km measured along the line the map draws
Shape
A loop, back to where it started
County
County Kerry
On the map
OpenStreetMap relation/21013139
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The Skellig Monks Trail in dark green. The line comes in 2 pieces because the ways drawn for it do not meet; the gaps are left as gaps.

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Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.

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Destination, access and nearby stops

The Skellig Monks Trail is in Ballinskelligs, County Kerry. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Ballinskelligs, 960 m from where the line begins, in a straight line. The journeys below are worked out to the start of the walk itself, so the last stretch is measured rather than left to you.
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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Baile an Sceilg (10841), 2.1 km away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Baile an Sceilg 2.1 km
    bus 287b
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Getting to Ballinskelligs covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is The Skellig Monks Trail?
Measured along the line OpenStreetMap draws, 2.2 km. No published figure has been found for it.
Where does The Skellig Monks Trail start?
The map does not name a start. The line begins 960 m from Ballinskelligs, which is where the map is drawn from rather than a waymarked trailhead.
Why is the line broken on the map?
The route comes back from OpenStreetMap in 2 pieces, which means the ways somebody drew for it do not meet end to end. The gaps are left as gaps here rather than bridged with a straight line, because a line drawn across a gap is an invitation to walk where there is no path. On the ground the route is almost certainly continuous; the map is what is incomplete.
Is it open today?
This page holds no closure notice for it, which is not the same as knowing it is open. Cliff paths and forest routes close after storms and during works, and those notices are published by the operator rather than on the map. The link above goes to whoever manages it.

Where this comes from

The route
The line, the name, the colour and the waymark are the OpenStreetMap relation relation/21013139, and can be corrected there.
Worked out here
The measured distance, whether the line is continuous, which settlement is nearest the start and every distance on this page are this site’s own calculations from that relation, last built on 2026-09-20. No climb is measured here, and no time is estimated: a walking time appears only where an operator publishes one.