HERITAGE EVENTS

August

Wednesday 6th August
Heritage Talk: Local Lighthouses and the Irish Lights by Barry Sullivan
2.00pm at the Bere Island Heritage Centre
All are welcome to attend and  a raffle will be held.

National Heritage Week

Wednesday 20th August
2.30pm – 4.00pm
Ciorcal Comhrá Ar Oileán
Bere Island Community Centre
Join us for an informal Irish conversation get together on Bere Island over tea and cake. This event is open to  all levels of fluency in the Irish language who wish to use their cúpla focal. Full details here.    

Thursday 21st August
2.30pm – 3.30pm
Bere Island Community Centre, Ballinakilla
Launch of The Ed White Film Collection: Bere Island in the 1960s
Full details available here

Friday 22nd August
11.00am – 1.00pm
Foraging from Land to Sea on Bere Island.
Meet outside Murphys Shop and Post Office.
A forage from land to sea on Bere Island. A deep, enriching and immersive experience guided by herbalist Jen Doran and seaweed forager Samuel Arnold Keane. Full details here

Saturday 23rd August
A Guided Tour of Lonehort Battery for Children and their Parents/Guardians
Meet outside the main gate. For further details see here.