Monday 28th July.

Did my usual walk with Carmel and afterwards headed home to escape the madness that Portmagee village has become, due to the fact that scenes for the upcoming Star Wars 7 are being filmed on Skellig Michael, a World Heritage site no less, what with security guards on the car park, cars all over the rest of the village, and coverage on the radio about it all, leading to more people heading into the area.  The quiet sleepy village has been transformed by this activity.  Apparently Mark Hamill was spotted on Skellig Michael after getting out of a helicopter and no doubt other luminaries will be spotted in due course.  It has been all kept under wraps for the last number of months and now its all out in the open, literally :)

I'm not a Star Wars fan although I did see the very first one when I was a teen but 'the extent of it.
I'm very surprised that permission was granted to film on a World Heritage Site of such significance, but its been generating a lot of money in the area so I guess the pros outweighed the cons in this regard.  There is even a naval vessel the 'Roisin' patrolling the area around Valentia Island and the waters around Skellig Michael.  Madness !!

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Skellig Michael, World Heritage site.




We had a lovely night last night, as we headed to Reenard and O'Neills on the Point, which is a gorgeous little restaurant with gorgeous fish dishes, we had calamari (squid) which was delicious and then we headed over on the ferry to Valentia and then drove around to Portmagee village.  We stopped off in the Fisherman's Bar to listen to a very good musician and then headed home in the early hours.

Namaste
Marie.