The 2022 Castletownbere Darkness into Light event will take place on Saturday May 7th leaving the Beara Coast Hotel at 4.15am. The event will follow a new route this year, starting at the Beara Coast Hotel. Those participating are asked to park at the Bakery Square, and near the playground. The walk will leave from the Beara …
The Department of Children, Equality, Disability Integration and Youth and the Irish Red Cross has opened an online portal to allow members of the public to offer up accommodation to those fleeing the war in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. Anyone who has accommodation on Bere Island they would like to make available can contact Bere Island …
Bere Island Women Create will hold a fundraising coffee morning to support those affected by the war in Ukraine on Sunday March 20th from 11am to 1pm in The Hotel, Bere Island. There will be tea, coffee, cakes and a raffle with hampers and lots of great prizes. Raffle tickets can be purchased in advance …
15th March 2022 The latest Bere Island Sustainable Energy Community Newsletter is now available online. 24th January 2022 Free BER Report for your HomeThe Bere Island Sustainable Energy Committee (SEC) is offering free BER Reports to the first 10 residents who request this. A BER report is an energy improvement report for your home, highlighting where …
The following courses are currently taking place on Bere Island: Family Art CourseTuesdays at the Heritage Centre from 4.30 to 5.30pm. IT CourseThursdays at the Community Centre from 4.30 – 5.30pm. Marketing CourseThursdays at the Community Centre from 6.30 – 8.30pm. For further details contact the Projects Group Office at 027 75099.
Thursday 17th February 2022 On the night of February 17th 1875, the Joseph Howe, a large three masted brigantine, was wrecked on precipitous cliffs on the south side of Bere Island. The ship was bound for Cork carrying a cargo of mahogany from Mexico. On that February evening in 1875, as the sun set on the horizon, …
University College Cork (UCC) is conducting a study on Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands in collaboration with the Bere Island Projects Group, Comharchumann Chléire Teoranta, Comhar na nOileán CTR and the SICAP programme, Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann, Sherkin Island Development Society, and the West Cork Development Partnership. The study is funded …
Bere Island Projects Group have been accepted onto the Heritage Keepers initiative which is a free programme for communities that will enable them to work together to explore the built, natural, and cultural heritage of their local place and then plan action or actions to enhance their place. Heritage Keepers is run by Burrenbeo Trust …
Bere Island Projects Group CLG would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope that 2022 will be a good year for all. The Projects Group office has now reopened following the Christmas break. The office is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. Staff can be contacted on 027 75099.
Bere Island Projects Group CLG would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and good wishes for a healthy and happy New Year. The Bere Island Christmas Newsletter 2021 is now on sale from Murphys Shop, Rerrin and SuperValu, Castletownbere. Don’t forget to tune into our Christmas special on Bere Island Community Radio on …
