Press release
Scheduled opening date of Skellig Michael deferred
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The OPW has today confirmed that, owing to recent poor weather and sea conditions off the South West coast, the scheduled opening date for visitors to Skellig Michael has been deferred.
The original target date of 21 June had been set for the reopening of Skellig Michael to visitors. This target date was dependent on favourable weather conditions allowing preparatory safety works to progress in a timely manner prior to opening.
Unfortunately, due to periods of poor weather conditions hampering the progress of work on site, the re-opening of Skellig Michael has now been postponed.
The island is now scheduled to open to visitors on Thursday, 1 July 2021.
To prepare for a trip to Skellig Michael, visitors are advised to watch the safety video on heritageireland.ie/