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Bere Island Events 2018

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Events will be added to this list over the next few months, along with more details of each event.  For further information please contact 027 75099.

WCCM Easter Retreat
Sunday 25th March – Sunday 1st April.

Children’s Summer Camps
10th-12th July
31st July – 2nd August
14th-16th August

Swim Week
17th – 23rd July (NB this date TBC)

Sailing Week
30th July – 3rd August

Bere Island Festival 
7th-12th August

Heritage Week
18th-26th August

All Islands Football Tournament on Bere Island
8th-9th September

80th Anniversary of the Handover of Fort Berehaven
26th September (exact details of the commemoration event TBC).

Other events to be held in 2018 but dates TBC:

Bere Island Midsummer Run
GAA Cul Camp
West Cork Fit Up Theatre Festival

 

Christmas Newsletter 2017

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Santa at Cloughland Tower
Santa at Cloughland Tower

Bere Island Projects Group will be publishing the Bere Island 2017 Christmas Newsletter in late November. We are asking everyone to submit any news item or photographs from the past year. These can include engagements, weddings, births, anniversaries, graduations, special birthdays etc. We’re also looking for stories of Christmases on Bere Island in days gone-by and stories on island life in general. All island organisations/clubs are also invited to submit a piece and photos of their activities over the past year.

The deadline for all items is Friday 20th October 2017, all items must be received by this date.

Stories and photos can be emailed to Helen at bereconservation@gmail.com or dropped into the Projects Group Office.

Bere Island Active Retirement Group

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The  Active Retirement Group fortnightly coffee mornings, the next coffee morning will be on:

Wednesday 25th September at 11am in the Community Centre.

The Beara Fest will take place on Wednesday 11th October in the Berehaven Lodge Restaurant, with registration at 12 noon and lunch at 1pm.  Music will be by Pat and Mary Bewick.  The cost is €18 and the rural transport will travel out from Bere Island on the 12.45pm ferry and will return at 6.30pm.  To book contact Tim on 027 75099.

The rural transport bus travels to Castletownbere on Tuesdays and Fridays, travelling out on the 10am ferry from the west end and returning on the 1.30pm ferry.  The bus will pick you up from your home and drop you back after. The bus also transports people to and from Mass on Sundays.

The bus is free for holders of travel passes.

If you would like to avail of the bus service please contact 027 75099.

 

Bere Island Waste Collection

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Collections of household refuse will take place on the following dates:

Tuesday 7th November

Tuesday 12th December

Please ensure each refuse bag has a waste sticker on it.  Stickers cost €9 and can be purchased from Murphy’s Shop and the Project Group Office.

Materials for recycling can be placed in the appropriate containers at the recycling centre on the west end pier.  Donations towards the running of the  centre are greatly appreciated and can be left in the honesty box at the centre.

We thank you for your assistance in keeping our island tidy.

Bere Island e Centre

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The Bere Island e Centre is now open at the Bere Island Heritage Centre, offering office space is available on an hourly/daily/weekly basis:

Broadband
No overheads – all inclusive rate
Meeting room facilities
Networking opportunities
A supportive environment
Links to enterprise agencies

Phone: 027 75956
Email: info@ecentres.ie

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Bere Island parkrun

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Runners line up at the starting line of the Bere Island parkrun

Bere Island parkrun is on every Saturday at 9.30am.  The park run is a 5k measured course around the eastern end of the island and is open to  runners, joggers and walkers.  

Parkruns are free 5k running events which take place every week. The run is free, although participants are encouraged to register online in order to obtain a bar code, which is scanned at the beginning and end of their run, allowing them to track their progress on a weekly basis.

The parkrun was founded in 2005, with the first run taking place in Teddington, England. The idea quickly took off and there are now parkruns worldwide, with all runs organised on a voluntary basis.

On any given Saturday on Bere Island, you could be running or walking  alongside islanders of all ages, visitors and members of the Irish Defence Forces who have a training base on the island. Past runners of the Bere Island parkrun have included Olympic silver medalist Sonia O’Sullivan, parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt, and the Running Guru, Noel Berkeley.

The Bere Island park run, which is on the Wild Atlantic Way offers spectacular scenery of Bantry Bay with a route which takes in a Bronze Age wedge tomb, remains of a Viking boatyard and a former World War One military battery.  At the end of the run everyone heads to the Bakehouse Cafe in Rerrin Village for a coffee, scone and a chat.

Bere Island Ferries leaves Castletownbere at 9.00am,  and provide bus transport to the starting line.  Call Colum on 086 2423140 to book the ferry and bus for a special deal of €10.   The ferry returns to Castletownbere at 11.15am

Or why not make a weekend of it and stay on Bere Island which has a variety of accommodation on offer.

Runners, joggers and walkers of all ages and fitness levels are all welcome to take part in the Bere Island parkrun. To take part, you need to register at www.parkrun.ie

Once you have registered you will be sent a confirmation email containing your barcode and information on what to do next. You will then need to bring your barcode to the parkrun event on Bere Island, or to any of the parkrun events on offer worldwide.

If you require any further information or would like to volunteer at any of the runs please email bereislandhelpers@parkrun.com.