A rocky pyramid emerges out of a dark blue sea. It is cinematic even before you add the Millennium Falcon. You can see why "Star Wars" producers chose Skellig Michael as a location in a galaxy far, ...

B oats carrying the first summer visitors to Skellig Michael have been landing on its rocky shores in recent weeks. The Office of Public Works ( OPW ), which manages the island, had originally aimed ...

Skellig Michael will open up to tourists as of Sat, May 13, after a long-running dispute over payment to staff was resolved. There had been fears that the start of the short visitor season to the ...

There's a case to be made that Maureen Sweeney was the most important Irish person in history. If you don't know, Maureen was the Kerry weather woman who won the war. Her innate west of Ireland grasp ...

Skellig Michael, a remote island off the coast of County Kerry, has been ranked as one of the most remote and beautiful places in the world. Global travel site Big 7 Travel teamed up with the car ...

The first weekend visitors of the season to Skellig Michael, the monastic island off the Co Kerry coast, were treated to a blast of sunshine and blue skies on Saturday. The island, an Unesco world ...

A South Kerry business owner said locals are ‘very frustrated’ as the indefinite suspension of landing access to Skellig Michael continues. Norma O’Shea, of Skellig Six18 Distillery in Cahersiveen, ...

Glide above the wild, rugged beauty of the Skellig Islands with this breathtaking drone video. Witness the iconic, rocky peaks of Skellig Michael and the smaller Little Skellig rising dramatically ...

Scenes for Star Wars Episode VII may be filmed on a small island off the coast of Ireland. Skellig Michael, which is located west of County Kerry, has been approved as a filming location and could be ...