This video shows a rocky island rising sharply from the ocean in Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Ireland, with steep cliffs ...

Tourism Ireland have already predicted that the appearance of beautiful Skellig Michael in the latest "Star Wars" film will attract a whole new set of travelers to the monastic site and now they’ve ...

Skellig Michael is, quite literally, a rock in the middle of the Atlantic. Nothing but ocean around, seabirds cutting through the wind, and the very real sensation of being off the map. Standing there ...

Little Skellig viewed from the beehive huts of Skellig Michael. Photo: Arian Zwegers/Creative Commons Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or ...

Skellig Michael off the Kerry coast was used as a filming location for the Star Wars franchise A swathe of ocean off the south-west coast of Ireland has become the country's first ever Hope Spot. Hope ...

Ireland's first "Hope Spot," a place that is scientifically identified as critical to the health of the ocean, has been announced for the southwest of the country. Mission Blue, a global marine ...

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, ...

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 ...

May The 4th Sci-Fi Film Festival attendees celebrated cinema, cosplay and the Star Wars franchise on the Skellig Coast over ...