Post Tagged with: "Skellig Michael"

SCEILG Mhichíl will welcome back visitors to the island for the 2023 season on Saturday, May 13. The Office of Public Works (OPW), which manages the UNESCO World Heritage site, stated that, as always, access will be dependent on favourable weather, sea and island conditions. Mr. Patrick O’Donovan T.D., Minister […]

THE Office of Public Works (OPW) and the National Monuments Service (NMS) at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage today announced that the World Heritage Property of Sceilg Mhichíl site has joined a new global initiative to safeguard sites of cultural significance from the impacts of climate change. The […]

POOR weather and sea conditions today made it impossible for Office of Public Works guide staff to travel to Sceilg Mhichíl ahead of the planned reopening on Saturday. As poor sea conditions are forecast for tomorrow, Saturday, 2 July, as well, the re-opening of Sceilg Mhichíl to visitors is postponed […]

IT is hoped Skellig Michael will be safely open to visitors again by next Saturday according to the Office of Public Works. Since the rockfall on 13 June which necessitated the temporary closure of the island to visitors for health and safety reasons, the OPW has progressed investigations and safety […]

DUE to a rockfall event on Sceilg Mhichíl today, the Office of Public Works has informed the public that the site will be closed to visitors until further notice. There were no casualties as a result of this rockfall event, however, the island has been closed to allow for a […]

A KILLARNEY artist has created a wonderful scale model of Skellig Michael. Tim O’Sullivan, is an artist and sculptor, living and working in Tiernaboul, Killarney. Both he and his Artist Wife Robin, run ‘Clay Fun’ Art studio at the family home. Tim was tasked by Declan Mulvany of Killarney Art […]

FÁILTE Ireland is hosting a group of high profile international journalists on a trip to Skellig Michael to follow in Luke Skywalker’s footsteps to see for themselves how the force was awakened. The journalists write for some of the world’s leading magazines and newspapers including the National Geographic Traveller India, the […]

  TOURISM in Kerry received a boost today with the release of a Youtube video that features Star Wars The Force Awakens director, JJ Abrams and crew gushing over the beauty of Skellig Micheal. The video was produced by Discover Ireland and features behind the scenes footage of filming on […]

  THERE are reports in the media today that suggest that filming for Star Wars Episode 8 is set to take place on Skellig Michael in September and that the location could play a big part in the overall Star Wars story. The team over at ‘themoviebit.com’ in their article […]

COULD the force be back on Skellig Michael? The Irish Examiner are reporting this morning that speculation has increased that the Star Wars film crew will be coming back to the site because there are no regular sailings planned to the Unesco World Heritage site for the week beginning September 14. Continued […]

STAR WARS fans are getting excited at the news that the official trailer for ‘Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens’ will be out on Friday. However,  a fake teaser trailer appeared yesterday on YouTube and has garnered over 130,000 views, featuring Skellig Michael in it…for about a second! Regardless of […]