Bere Island Projects Group are delighted to host a full programme for National Heritage Week 2025 which includes Ciorcal Comhrá ar Oileán Bhéara on Wednesday August 20th, an opportunity to come along to an informal Irish conversation get together at the Bere Island Community Centre over tea and cake. This event is open to all levels of …
Monday 28th July Holy Year CrossMass to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Bere Island Holy Year Cross will take place at the Cross on Saturday August 2nd at 2.30pm. Bishop Ray Browne will officiate. In case of unsuitable weather the Mass will be held in St Michael’s Church, Ballinakilla. Bere Island FestivalThe Bere Island Family Festival will take …
Bere Island Projects Group are delighted to host the 2025 Fit Up Theatre Festival at the Lecture Theatre (former Camp Church) Rerrin. On Saturday July 12th Paddy -The Life and Times of Paddy Armstrong is a one man show starring Don Wycherley as Paddy, the play is inspired by Paddy’s memoir Life After Life, a Guildford …
Join a guided kayak tour and explore Bere Island’s hidden coves and rugged shores. Kayaking is available Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Saturday and Sunday from 12 noon. Suitable for ages 8+. Trips require a minimum of 4 people and are weather dependent. For further details see the poster below.
To celebrate Cruinniú na nÓg, a national day of free creativity for children and young people on Saturday 7th June 2025, Bere Island Projects Group will hold a Family Picnic, Circus Workshop and Disco from 3.00pm to 5.00pm at the GAA Pitch, Bere Island. For further details contact Oscar on 027 75099. Cruinniú na nÓg is …
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Bere Island Projects Group have been awarded €24,500 from The Heritage Council’s Heritage Organisations Support Fund 2025. This funding will be used to implement actions on the 2025 workplan for the Bere Island Conservation Plan. The Conservation Plan was launched in 2003 as the result of a partnership with Bere Island Projects Group and The Heritage …
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A gathering for all men living in the Beara area will take place on Bere Island on Saturday March 29th, and will include a guided walk of Lonehort Battery, lunch and a men’s health talk with Dr Colin Gleeson. The day starts a ferry leaving Castletownbere at 11.30am and returning at 4.30pm. The cost is €25 each …
To celebrate World Storytelling Day and the Spring Equinox a morning of storytelling will take place on Bere Island on Thursday March 20th at 11.00am in the Community Centre, Ballinakilla. The event is part of the Creative Places West Cork Islands Storytellers in Residence project and will feature storytellers Paddy O’Brien, Nuala Hayes and Simone …
The Bere Island Theatre Troupe will hold their AGM on Wednesday 5th February at 7.30pm in the Community Centre. The Troupe was formed in 2003 when a group of islanders, with funding from the Ireland Newfoundland Partnership worked with the playwright Agnes Walsh, from Cuslett, Newfoundland to form a drama group. Just two weeks after …
Bere Island Projects Group in conjunction with the Beara West Family Resource Centre will host a four week family learning programme at the Bere Island Community Centre starting on Friday February 7th at 10.30am. Family Learning helps parents and carers make the most of the learning opportunities in everyday life, supporting babies and young children through …
