The Bere Island Military Heritage Festival will take place on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June 2025 at the Drill Hall, Rerrin. Now in its third year, the festival includes talks, exhibitions and displays on Bere Island’s military heritage. Bere Island was one of the most fortified locations in Western Europe. Some of the earliest […]
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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
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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
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
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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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What is a Sustainable Energy Community? A Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) is a community which works together to develop and implement a sustainable energy plan for their community. We now have an SEC on Bere Island, with membership is open to all islanders. What are the benefits for Bere Islanders? A SEC will save money
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