Pleasant Grove Review | 1929-07-27 | Page 7 | Skelligs List Survival of Old Irish Custom

SI:e'Kg3 Licit Survival of Old Irish Cusc-cm The Skelligs list is at once the dread ami the joy of unmarried Irish youtas and maidens in Valencia, Ireland, Ire-land, weslermost point of Europe. The list, the Kansas City Star informs in-forms us, is nothing more than n succession suc-cession of names of such young men anil women, but H is supposed to bring them a wife or a husband within with-in a year if their name is upon it The Skelligs list is the survival of an ancient custom founded on the Skelligs rocks, two huge rocks, 850 feet high, which protrude from the ocean 14 miles from the coast. When young men and women, so ran the legend, refused to marry, they were taken to the rocks and left there for a week. At the end of the week they were forced to marry other obstinate young eligibles. The great Skellig rock was once the site of a religious foundation dedicated dedi-cated to the archangel, St Michael. The remains of the cells and chapel of the monastery are still well preserved. pre-served. They are mostly of conical shape, and are built of uncemented stones.