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 ...

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, ...

Well, I've been there. Advertisement Article continues below this ad If you go There are surely more reputable — and safe — outfits transporting folks out to Skellig Michael than our unnamed one, and ...

Editor’s Note: Ever since Skellig Michael made its guest appearance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it’s been one of the most sought after tourist experiences in all of Ireland. It’s not an easy one, ...

At the end of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we find Luke Skywalker, dressed in the monklike robes of his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi, looking old and impossibly sad. He is perched at the summit of an ...

On Ireland’s windswept west coast, the rare day of fine weather finds a few dozen intrepid tourists descending on the tiny fishing village of Portmagee. There, they board boats to one of the country’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ten years ago, the force awakened on Skellig Michael/Sceilg Mhichíl, when the seventh instalment of Star Wars premiered in Hollywood, and fans discovered that the astonishing rock at the edge of the ...

A remote Irish island was flung onto the world stage in late 2015 when the long-awaited new episode of the 'Star Wars' franchise used its incredible scenery as backdrop to one of the film’s most ...

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