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Bere Island Events 2019

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For further information on any of the events please contact 027 75099 (Please note this number is operational Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm, for queries  

Cork Culture Night – Bill Griffin Exhibition
Friday 20th September
3.00pm – 6.00pm at the Bere Island Heritage Centre
Join us to celebrate Cork Culture Night with an exhibition by Beara based artist Bill Griffin. The exhibition will run until 29th September.

Lonehort Battery Guided Tour
Tours will take place every Saturday and Sunday in September
Meet outside the main gate at 12.00pm
Lonehort Battery, is the largest of seven gun batteries constructed by the British Admiralty on Bere Island.  The batteries were used during World War One, and handed back to the Irish Government during the handover of the Treaty Ports in 1938.  Bere Island historians and licensed tour guides Barry Hanley and Teresa Hall are now offering guided tours of Lonehort Battery. Tours are €10 per person, children free.  Meet outside the main gate of Lonehort Battery. For details contact Barry Hanley 086 8845709 or Teresa Hall 086 1981541.

Beara Race Series – Bere Island
Saturday 12th October 
Beara Athletic Club will host the 2019 Beara Races series, a 5 mile run taking in the scenic sights of the Beara Peninsula.  As well as the run on Bere Island runs take place in Allihies on 21st September and in Eyeries on 9th November. For further details and to register see www.beara5mileseries.com

 

Bere Island parkrun

Every Saturday morning at 9.30am from the GAA Pitch.  Click here for further details.

  

Community Groups

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Bere Island Active Retirement Group

The  Active Retirement Group  hold fortnightly coffee mornings. The next coffee morning will be held on Wednesday 24th April at 11am.

The group will have an outing to meet with Ardgroom Active Retirement Group on Tuesday 2nd May.  Call Tim on 75099 to book a place.

 

 

Parent and Toddler Group
The parent and toddler group meet every Thursday from 10.30am to 12.30pm in the Community Centre.

 

After School Club
The After School Club is open every Monday from 3pm to 5pm in the Community Centre.

Community Information

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Waste Collection & Recycling

Collections of household refuse will take place on the following dates in 2019:

Tuesday 17th September
Tuesday 8th October
Tuesday 12th November
Tuesday 10th December

Rubbish stickers are €10 and are available from Murphy’s Shop, Rerrin and the Projects Group Office. Please note, any bags which do not have a rubbish sticker will NOT be collected.

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.

Clean Coasts bags for collecting rubbish from island beaches are available from Murphy’s Shop Rerrin.  Full bags can be left at Lawrence Cove Marina.

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

Rural Transport Bus

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 afterwards. 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.

Repair and Leasing Scheme
If anyone has a property on Bere Island, which they would like to rent out for long term use, but it needs work done on it first, the Repair and Leasing Scheme provides funding for property owners to bring a vacant property back to use, in return for the property being leased to a local authority or approved housing body for a period of at least 10 years. Further details are in the link below:

Council Housing
Council housing will soon become available on Bere Island. Please contact your housing officer at Cork County Council if you are interested.

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.