The Mick Clifford Podcast: Robert Harris - Life on the Skellig

Mick's guest this week is longtime caretaker and tour guide for Skellig Michael, Robert Harris

Robert Harris joins Mick to discuss his new book: Returning Light: 30 Years of Life On Skellig Michael. Picture: Dan Linehan

Robert Harris has, for the last thirty-four years, spent at least six months every year living in Skellig Michael. 

His job description was originally caretaker/guide but he has come to be a keeper of the Rock and its heritage and role as a bird sanctuary. 

Robert has now written a moving and fascinating account of the rock, its power, and his relationship with it, entitled Returning Light: 30 Years of Life On Skellig Michael.

He joins Mick on this week’s podcast.