# skellig-michael - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
The shooting of scenes on Skellig Michael and elsewhere has provided a boost to the Irish tourism industry.
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# skellig-michael - Tuesday 2 January, 2018
With a profile boost other counties can only dream of, what effect will Star Wars have on The Kingdom?
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# skellig-michael - Tuesday 26 December, 2017
When monks weren’t living on the rocky outcrop, they were thought to have lived here.
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# skellig-michael - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
Irish 80s kids, all of your dreams have come true.
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# skellig-michael - Thursday 28 September, 2017
Scenes filmed at Malin Head in Co Donegal and Ceann Sibeal in Co Kerry feature in The Last Jedi.
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# skellig-michael - Sunday 28 May, 2017
This week, Vanity Fair gave us the first proper preview of the new film.
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# skellig-michael - Friday 14 April, 2017
Star Wars – The Last Jedi is the last time the heritage site will feature in the blockbuster movie series.
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# skellig-michael - Wednesday 12 April, 2017
The island is due to open to visitors next month.
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# skellig-michael - Wednesday 25 January, 2017
The Skellig Islands saw a huge boost in global interest after they were featured in the reboot of Star Wars franchise.
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# skellig-michael - Tuesday 25 October, 2016
The popular travel guide describes the area as “perhaps Ireland’s most charismatically wild and emerald stretch of coastline”.
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# skellig-michael - Thursday 26 May, 2016
CBS in the house.
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# skellig-michael - Sunday 10 April, 2016
We can’t get enough.
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We can’t get enough.
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# skellig-michael - Friday 18 March, 2016
The official announcement was made this afternoon.
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# skellig-michael - Monday 15 February, 2016
Disney has released a teaser showing the first scene being wrapped.
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Disney has released a teaser showing the first scene being wrapped.
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# skellig-michael - Tuesday 19 January, 2016
Worthy of any major Hollywood franchise tbh.
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# skellig-michael - Saturday 9 January, 2016
The Force Awakens was filmed in some of the most interesting-looking places on earth. And Ireland, of course, is among them.
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# skellig-michael - Tuesday 5 January, 2016
No man is an island.
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# skellig-michael - Wednesday 2 December, 2015
The New York Times has made some predictions about the island’s future.
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“You’d sooner keep a Wookie from roaring than keep an Irishman from regaling a willing audience.”
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# skellig-michael - Wednesday 21 October, 2015
Someone spilled some paint too.
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# skellig-michael - Saturday 10 October, 2015
A couple of minor incidents were recorded.
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# skellig-michael - Friday 18 September, 2015
The new Star Wars will bring balance to more than simply the force; maybe it might help balance some books as well, writes Darren Mooney.
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# skellig-michael - Thursday 17 September, 2015
Luke Skywalker pulling pints and typical Irish weather. It’s all happening.
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# skellig-michael - Tuesday 15 September, 2015
Cast and crew members flew into Kerry Airport yesterday on a private jet.
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# skellig-michael - Tuesday 8 September, 2015
Minister Heather Humphreys says those opposed to the filming on environmental grounds are wrong.
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# skellig-michael - Sunday 23 August, 2015
The singular beauty of Ireland’s natural resources is as important as anything else this country has to offer, argues bird expert Eric Dempsey.
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# skellig-michael - Thursday 16 April, 2015
More than 130 buildings and monuments have been transformed into 3D digital models.
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# skellig-michael - Wednesday 30 July, 2014
Meanwhile there are new pictures from Skellig Michael.
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# skellig-michael - Tuesday 29 July, 2014
Use the force, boy.
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The film begins shooting today, but will Jedi knights ruin a heritage site?
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# skellig-michael - Monday 28 July, 2014
JJ Abrams and crew are decamping to Co Kerry.
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# skellig-michael - Thursday 24 July, 2014
Here’s what we know.
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# skellig-michael - Friday 21 December, 2012
*If you are reading this, it probably hasn’t happened so far this morning.
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Brief morning showers; mostly cloudy
Max: 14 °C
Min: 6 °C
Partly sunny
Max: 15 °C
Min: 6 °C
