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Returning light : thirty years on the island of Skellig Michael / Robert L. Harris.

by Harris, Robert L., (Lightkeeper)

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Mariner Books 2023, c2022.

387.155092 H315r

Harris, Robert L., (Lightkeeper)

Lighthouse keepers -- Biography.

Lighthouse keepers -- Ireland -- Biography.

Great Skellig Island (Ireland)

Skellig Islands (Ireland)

9780063268289 (hc.)

xii, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

In 1987, Robert Harris happened upon an unusual job posting in the local paper--a new warden service was being set up on the island of Skellig Michael, and the deadline was imminent. Just weeks later he was on his way to set up camp in one of Ireland's most remote locations, unaware that he would be making that same journey every May for the next 30 years. Here he transports us to the otherworldly island, a place that is teeming with natural life, including curious puffins that like to visit his hut. From the precipice he has observed a coastline that is relatively unchanged for the last thousand years--a beacon of equilibrium in an ever-changing world.

"A meditative nature memoir from the lighthouse keeper on Skellig Michael, one of Ireland's most remote locations, evocatively detailing this otherworldly island while exploring the human relationship with place, nature, and solitude."

Robert L. Harris was appointed to the warden service on Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Ireland, in 1987, where he has been managing the guiding system and monitoring the island for over thirty years. He has lived most of his life near the sea and on islands, and he has a great interest in both monastic and natural history. He spends May to October on Skellig Michael when the island is accessible, and in winter months lives at his home in County Leitrim with his wife, Maigread. Returning Light is his first book.

Autobiographies.

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