Skellig Michael has been selected to participate in an international campaign to inform communities around the world about the impact of climate change on World Heritage sites. The Great Skellig is ...

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 ...

Boatmen urge for an April start to the visitor season after losing 74 days this year due to permits and weather.

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 ...

This video presents Skellig Michael, an ancient monastery island of Ireland, captured in 4K. Featuring rugged cliffs, stone structures, and Atlantic Ocean views with aerial footage, background music, ...

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, ...

BOAT TRIPS TO Skellig Micheal are due to begin today after the High Court ordered that the Office of Public Works (OPW) allow boat trips to the island, pending a wider legal battle. It comes as the ...

A saint is one who exaggerates what the world neglects. —G.K. Chesterton Skellig Michael is a 700-foot-high pinnacle of water-and-wind-worn rock that rises like Excalibur out of the Atlantic waves ...

In “Returning Light,” Robert L. Harris reflects on his many years as the caretaker of a lonely outpost off the west coast of Ireland. “Returning Light” is meant for dreamers and ...

Near the top of the island, the feeling breezed through me: solitude. It didn’t last long, as my wife, daughter and son were nearby but out of sight on our journey to the ruins of a remote medieval ...