Skellig Experience Visitor Centre

Enjoy an audio-visual tour recreating the magic of the Skellig region

Enjoy an audio-visual tour recreating the magic of the Skellig region, enjoy the history, The Skellig Experience’s re-created Skellig sea cliff, with life-size models and related presentations, you can get to know, by sight and sound, the life and times of the seabirds of Skellig.

Here, through re-creations and models you can study the works and lives of the Skellig monks of the early Christian period, their activities, their endurance and their dedication in gaining a foothold on a tiny, inhospitable, offshore island and creating a community there that survived for some 600 years.

Open July & August daily 10am-7pm. March, April, October & November open 5 days 10am-5pm.

Adults €5; Child €3; OAP/Student €4; Family (2 adults & 2 children) €14. For exhibition & cruise prices check website

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