The Hold, will open on Bere Island on Friday 17th June, and documents the lives of twenty four Bere Island women throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and the hold the island has on them. The women, formed a collective – Bere Island Women Create – and during lockdown worked remotely with award winning island artist Mary Sullivan to […]
A project to record the oral history of Bere Islanders at home, and abroad is now underway. Earlier this year Bere Island Projects Group were one of a small number of community groups who were successfully accepted onto the Heritage Keepers programme, a new initiative set up by the Burren Beo Trust and facilitated by The Heritage
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Bere Island Projects Group are among the six groups in Cork who have been announced as County winners in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2022. It’s the second time Bere Island has featured in the Good Causes Awards, the group made reached the finals in 2019. The awards were created to honour and showcase the inspiring
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Tuesday 17th May Heritage KeepersBere Island Projects Group are one of the groups who have been taking part in the Burren Beo Trust’s Heritage Keepers Programme. A group of 7 from Bere Island undertook the online training programme and have decided to base their project on recording an oral history of Bere Island. A leading oral history expert,
Creative Places: West Cork Islands’ has been launched by Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Gillian Coughlan at Whiddy Island Community Centre. Forming part of the Arts Council’s Creative Places programme 2021-2024, the programme will see Cork County Council lead a consortium of local arts and development agencies that inclues Bere Island Projects Group, Sherkin Island Development
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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,
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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
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Bere Island have been announced as the winners of the Islands’ Award in the 2021 SuperValu Tidy Towns Competition. It’s the thirteenth consecutive year Bere Island have won the competition. The island scored an impressive points out of a maximum of 470. Bere Island’s entry to the annual competition is overseen by the Bere Island Tourism and
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Bere Island Projects Group CLG will hold their AGM on Wednesday 10th November at 7pm. Due to Covid-19 the meeting will be held online via Zoom conference call. A link to register will be sent to all residents by text this week. Please click on the link and complete your details to register. Following this
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Sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Oliver Sullivan, Bere Island. May He Rest In Peace. https://rip.ie/death-notice/john-oliver-sullivan-beara-cork/470940
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