American woman dies in second Skellig rock fall

A 57-YEAR-OLD American woman died yesterday after sustaining serious head injuries in a fall on Skellig Michael, the UNESCO world heritage site lying 12km off the south Kerry coast.

She is the second person to die in an accident on the 200-metre rock this year.

Another American visitor, Joseph Gaughan, 77, from Wilkbar, Pennsylvania, lost his life there last May, after suffering head injuries in a 30ft fall as he descended.