Star Wars in Ireland
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O novo filme da série Star Wars - The Force Awakens ( O Despertar da Força) tem batido todos os recordes de público desde que foi lançado em dezembro do ano passado. O Alex e eu estávamos esperando por esse filme há muito tempo.
The new Star Wars - The Force Awakens movie has been breaking all records of public since it was released last December. Alex and I have been anxiously waiting for it for a long time.
Alex was anxious because he loves the series. I am not so fanatic, but I was very curious to see how they would show one of the movie locations here in Ireland, a tiny island called Skellig Michael (Unesco's Humanity Heritage for 20 years already).We had some doubts: will they show it so quickly we are not even going to notice? Or would it be so full of special effects it will look like any other place? Well, our doubts were solved when we watched the movie. The grand finale was at Skellig Michael and it is shown exactly as it is! With all its beauty and glory.
Pegue a sua pipoca e sua bebida preferida e nos acompanhe!
Aqui, você sabe, a gente mostra tudo em detalhes.
Para chegar ao The Skellig Michael Experience você precisa ir até o condado de Kerry (sudoeste da Irlanda, verde escuro no mapa).
We learned the first time Star Wars production was recording here exactly when we were there to visit The Skellig Michael Experience.Get your popcorn and your favorite drink and follow us!
As you know, here we show everything in details.
To arrive at The Skellig Michael Experience you need to go to County Kerry (southwest of Ireland, dark green on the map).
Once in Kerry you need to head to the small but enchanting Valentia Island which is connected to mainland by the Maurice O'Neill Memorial Bridge.
You will see they are actually two islands, the bigger and most known, an another very tiny one next to the first.
Around 600 AD a monastery was built there with rocks. The monks' objective was to be in an extremely remote and difficult access place. To get there you first need to climb an immense and unlevelled stairway to reach the small "houses" which look like iglus but are made of rocks and are more than 200m high. Check on the pictures below the Star Wars movie character climbing these stairs.
As we can imagine, life of the monks there was hard and very strict. But this was exactly what they wanted. Living in almost extreme conditions and isolated of everything, so they could develop their religious and spiritual side.
At Skellig Michael Experience you will find several maquettes showing how the live of the monks was.
Around 800 AD the island started to be brutally attacked by Vikings, which as good mercenaries were looking for valuable objects. The obviously didn't find anything, but destroyed all. The attacks continued until Skellig Michael (which means Rock of Michael) was no longer used as a monastery after the fourth invasion around 840 AD.
At the Visitor Center you will also find details on the birds of the region, sea life and even information about the lighthouse which started to work there in 1826.
They also show a video with lovely images of this incredible place, which was chosen to be the scenery of one of the most watched movies of all times.
There is also a coffee shop and a small store, where, of course, you could buy T-shirts related to the film.
And it is there where you can get the tickets for the boat taking you to Skellig Michael. But these trips are subject to weather condition and when we went there the rain and the wind didn't allow us to personally visit the island.
We took some pictures of the movie where the island appears (movies fan don't worry, there are no spoilers).Of course the pictures are not good, but it is just for you to have an idea.

In another post we will be showing you how Valentia Island is, because there are many things to do there besides The Skellig Michael Experience.Tell us, have you watched Star Wars - The Force Awakens?


























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