This is the last blog (Blog #50) about our stay in Killarney, Ireland -and we learned about the town's connection to the upcoming Star Wars film!
STAR WARS CONNECTION! - In July, 2014, the cast and crew for the upcoming Star
Wars movie arrived in Killarney, Ireland. Part of the movie was filmed on the
remote Irish island called Skellig Michael, located off the Dingle Peninsula
(that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean).
The island was closed off to
tourists while scenes were shot, while an Irish navy ship stood by. Read more in this article from the U.K. Daily
Mail from July 2014.
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| Cast, crew, producers, directors on Skellig Michael island. Credit: UK Daily Mail |
We learned about that when we walked through downtown Killarney and went in a tee-shirt shop called THE IRISH PUB SHOP. The owner told us that she and her partner were out near the Great Skelling Islands, just off the Ring of Kerry Peninsula, and saw the "new Star Wars" movie being filmed. The tee-shirt shop owners created a local tee shirt that had become a huge hit. It said "Skellig Wars" and it had a puffins (birds) on it (because only puffins continued to live on those islands).
The shop owner told us that actor Mark Hamill came into the shop with his wife and their son and bought the tee-shirts. She said she never did get to meet Harrison Ford, though, because he had broken his foot during filming and had returned home.
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| Tourist office in Killarney |
If you want this unique Star Wars Tee Shirt, you can order them from: http://www.skelligwars.com/
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GOOD DINING- If you travel there, you can get good fish and chips at "Allegro" - a very casual restaurant that has been around since 1980. Just know that there are more french fries than you'll be able to eat.
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| Leah and Rob pose for a picture |
MEDIUM IN THE TOURIST OFFICE! - We went to the "Tourist Office/Paddywagon Tours" store where I bought a great book about Irish ghosts. The woman behind the counter was extremely helpful. Her name was Leah and she asked about my interest in ghosts (since I was buying "Haunted Ireland"). I told her I am a medium and she got all excited because she "loves the Long Island Medium"! She had about 20 minutes of questions about how it is to get messages from ghosts and spirits. I gave her my card and we took a picture together. It was a nice way to wrap up our trip in Killarney.
NEXT: VISITING ROSS CASTLE
