Star Wars village Portmagee to ask for donation to new carpark

Lucasfilms/Star Wars is to be asked to contribute towards the provision of a public car park in the fishing village of Portmagee in south Kerry because of the influx of so many visitors

Star Wars village Portmagee to ask for donation to new carpark

Portmagee is the village where Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker, learned to pull a pint and where over two filming seasons in 2014 and 2015 director JJ Abrams, and where Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey, and other cast and crew were regular visitors.

The Iveragh seafront village is the principal point of departure for the 40- minute sea trip to Skellig Michael when people can make the perilous climb to the 6th century beehive monastic site — the setting for Star Wars scenes.

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