A public meeting will be held on Saturday February 3rd at 8.00pm in the Bere Island Hotel to discuss the condition and maintenance of the Bere Island Holy Year Cross. The Holy Year Cross was built and funded by island people at home and away to commemorate the Holy Year of 1950. Further information on …
Bere Island Projects Group are raising funds to cut back roadside hedging on the islands for 2023. Donations can be dropped into the Projects Group Office or if you would prefer to donate funds via electronic bank transfer please contact 027 75099. The deadline for all donations is Friday October 6th.
Bere Island Projects Group committee and staff extend sincere sympathy to our colleague Bernie Orpen on the death of her mother Ann Murphy. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam
Our Living Islands is a 10-year national policy for these off-shore islands, and was published in June 2023. The aim of this policy is to ensure that sustainable, vibrant communities can continue to live – and thrive – on the offshore islands for many years to come. Related to that aim is our ambition that …
Bere Island Projects Group have been awarded €4460 under the Cork County Heritage and Commemorations Grant Schemes to hold a Military Heritage Festival on the island later this year, which will also conclude BIPG’s programme of events for the Decade of Centenaries and celebrate the island’s military heritage and its role during the War of Independence. BIPG plan this …
This Saturday February 25th is Ireland Reads Day, a national day to celebrate reading. People of all ages are invited to get reading, one minute, ten minutes, an hour, or more. It doesn’t matter how long you read for or what you read, but why not make a start and read some great Bere Island books! All are available …
Bere Island Projects Group CLG would like to wish everyone at home and away a very Happy Christmas and good wishes for a healthy and happy 2023. The Projects Group Office will be closed for Christmas from Thursday 22nd December and will reopen on Thursday 5th January 2023.
The Hold by Mary Sullivan and Bere Island Women Create is currently on sale from a number of venues on Bere Island and throughout West Cork. The book was launched at Bere Island Women Create’s exhibition The Hold in June 2022 and details the project which led 24 island women to document through art the …
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In April of this year Minister Heather Humphreys announced a new funding stream for the improvement and refurbishment of existing community centres in both urban and rural areas. There have been over 20 successful applicants for Cork South West under Category 1 of the scheme which covers small scale projects up to €25,000. Under this scheme Bere …
Bere Island Projects Group will host two talks on the Treaty Port of Fort Berehaven, Bere Island by Tom O’Neill on Wednesday 5th October at the Bere Island Heritage Centre. In 1922 one of the conditions of the signing of the Anglo Irish Treaty was that Britain would retain three deep-water ports in Ireland at …
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