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, ...

Skellig Michael, a small, uninhabited, rocky island eight miles from the small Kerry fishing town of Portmagee, received worldwide attention after featuring as the planet Ahch-To in both "Star Wars ...

In the final scene of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (spoiler alert) Rey, played by Daisy Ridley, meets Luke Skywalker on a mysterious island that's supposed to be part of a planet far, far away — but ...

Like just about everyone this past week, I was anxiously waiting to see “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” But I had an extra reason. I’d been lucky enough to travel recently to one of the key locations ...

Reporting from Mayo, Ireland — Sometime around AD 600, a handful of Irish monks decided that the rigors of fasting and penance on the mainland were not exacting enough. Waiting until the seas were ...

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 ...

The sleepy fishing village of Portmagee would normally expect a lull in mid-September, with the end of the Irish school holidays leading to a fall off in visitors. But this year on Sept. 14, the quays ...

The idea was audacious: build a place to worship god on an island 12 kilometres out to sea — far from the cloying demands of civilisation. And so, in the sixth century a few monks loaded their boats ...

It’s nearly time to return to Ahch-To in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” Fans will also know that Skellig Michael, an island off the coast of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland, served as a filming ...

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 ...