Skellig Coast

02/06/2026

01/06/2026

First week of June and there are lots of great events happening around the Skellig Coast 🌊✨

Live music, workshops, beach clean up, Irish language walk and community events all week long.

Make sure to check out Discover Derrynane over the weekend with loads of free events and activities happening!

27/05/2026

☀️ June Bank Holiday Weekend on the Skellig Coast 🌊

Looking for plans this Bank Holiday? From live music and beach yoga to kayaking, snorkelling, guided walks and great food. There’s plenty happening across the Skellig Coast this weekend. 🎶🚣‍♂️🍴

Make the most of the long weekend and explore everything the Skellig Coast has to offer.

25/05/2026

24/05/2026

Save the date!
At the OPW Derrynane House Discover Derrynane Weekend.

Saturday 6th June at 3.15pm.

Vincent Hyland presents...

DARK SKY, DEEP DIVE
This visual talk is a unique beautiful journey, with a tinge of sadness coupled with a thought provoking message of hope. From a lifetime (5 decades) observing, filming and photographing, the unique coastal and underwater habitats of South Kerry's Derrynane, Kenmare Bay and the Skellig Coast comes this eye opening visual feast.

As Dr. Sylvia A. Earle writes...
"Over decades of immersing himself in the complex communities of life under the ocean, and in the culture of people who live along Ireland’s rugged shoreline, Hyland has witnessed what no one had seen before, and given the rapid changes underway, what no one will be able to observe again.

Bravo, Vincent Hyland, for being a voice for those who cannot come to meetings where the fate of the ocean is being decided, not only for millions of sea creatures, but for all of today’s children and those of tomorrow, too. You are truly a reason for hope."

Dr. Sylvia Earle
Explorer and National Geographic Explorer at Large.

This is a timely reminder of why we urgently need to protect our shallow bays and ocean territory.

• 9% of Ireland's maritime area is protected, and falls way short of the global 30% by 2030 target.

• There are little or no management plans in place.

• After 5 years of promising, the Government is still stalling on the designation of Marine Protected area legislation for Marine habitats and wildlife.

• Pressure from plastics, bird flu and habitat condition negatively affect our populations of seabirds.
• Pressures from human activity both along the coast and at sea is having a detrimental effect on marine life.

• Light pollution is altering habitats.

Fixing all of these issues will ml help to positively reshape the future of Ireland's coastal and ocean state, which will reap huge benefits for everyone and everything.

Fair Seas
Skellig Coast
Radio Kerry
Kerry's Eye
kenmare.ie
Irish Independent
The Irish Times
Pól Ó Conghaile
Irish Wildlife Trust
RTÉ Today

22/05/2026

🏆🛥 Our Skellig Bounty sails into Blue Flag history in Ireland 🇮🇪 💙

As a small family-run business Brendan and I are incredibly proud to receive the Blue Flag International award for our marine tourism boat Skellig Bounty as part of AquaTerra Boat Tours.

To be the first in Ireland EVER to receive this award for a marine tourism boat, it reflects the standards we hold through environmental awareness, safety, and the way we operate our tourism business along the Skellig Coast and within Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí.

Sustainability has always been at the heart of AquaTerra, from our custom vessel design with Redbay Boats
and our wildlife-first approach to how we guide and educate guests while exploring this remarkable coastline.

We are absolutely delighted to be recognised alongside beaches and marinas internationally, and we hope this achievement continues to highlight the importance of protecting our coastal environment while delivering high-quality marine experiences from Valentia Island.

20/05/2026

Sadly the weather was too rough for our trip out there but the Skellig Islands off the South Western Irish coast look amazing. We will have to come back. This was taken from 8 miles away and if you zoom you can see the sea birds. https://skelligislands.com/skelligs-star-wars-film-with-luke-skywalker-on-skellig-michael/

19/05/2026

In 1980s, working class, inner-city Dublin, eleven-year-old Bobby O’Brien and his friend Nell run a local detective agency - one inspired by Bobby’s favourite TV detective, Kojak. When his beloved older brother Oisin goes missing, Bobby and Nell embark on a daring and dark investigation that introduces them to the harsh reality of adult life.

🎬Spilt Milk
📋Thursday 28th May
⏰8pm
📍Tech Amergin, Waterville V23 A243
💶€7
Click here for tickets: https://ie.powertik.com/en/events/spilt-milk
☎️or Call 066 9478956 to reserve your seat.

Spilt Milk is inspired by the true story of local communities pushing back against the failure of local authorities to tackle the devastating he**in epidemic. Desperate and disappointed, these Dubliners formed their own resistance group, Concerned Parents Against Drugs. Told here through the eyes of young Bobby and Nell, Brian Durnin’s feature-film debut is a film about childlike innocence, social injustice, and community resilience.
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11/05/2026

This week on the Skellig Coast ✨

A week full of music, community, culture, creativity and connection across the Skellig Coast🌊🎶

Get out, explore local events and enjoy everything the area has to offer.