Monday 22nd September Bere Island Christmas NewsletterBere Island Projects Group are putting together the 2025 Bere Island Christmas Newsletter and are looking for submissions. Family news items, photos, poems and stories of Christmas on the island in days gone by. All are welcome. Submissions should be sent to Helen at bereconservation@gmail.com or dropped into the Projects Group office. The deadline is …
Please note, for the remainder of this year tours of Lonehort Battery are by appointment only.
Thank you to all those who attended our Heritage Week events on Bere Island. We had a great turn out at the events, the Ciorcal Comhrá ar Oileán Bhéara, the screening of the Ed White Film Collection, Foraging from Land to Sea and the Children’s Tour of Lonehort Battery. Bere Island Projects Group have been active …
In the 1960s, Ed White from Lynn, Massachusetts, USA would visit Bere Island each summer with his island born wife Mary (nee Harrington, Greenane). Ed always brought his cine camera and spent his visits recording the everyday moments, faces and rhythms of island life. These cine rolls were left to Ed’s daughter Noreen Dennehy. Realising …
Ed White Film Collection: Bere Island in the 1960s Read More »
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Bere Island Tourism and Environment Group will hold their AGM on Tuesday 18th February at 7.30pm in the Community Centre. The group are responsible for organising tourism events on the island, running the recycling centre and waste management operation and also for the island’s entry into the Tidy Towns Competition. All are invited to attend, …
Bere Island Projects Group have organised a white goods collection on Bere Island for Monday 20th January. Please leave any leave any items with a plug or battery at the recycling centre on the West End pier on or before Saturday 18th January in order for them to be sorted and packed in time.
The Bere Island Projects Group CLG would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and send good wishes for a healthy and happy New Year. The Bere Island Projects Group Office will close on Friday December 20th for Christmas and will re-open on Monday January 6th.
There’s plenty happening on Bere Island over the next few weeks! Christmas LightsThe Christmas lights will be switched on in Rerrin Village on Sunday December 8th at 7.30pm followed by carol singing around the crib and mulled wine in Desy’s Bar. Bere Island Christmas PartyThe Bere Island Christmas Party takes place in the Hotel on …
The 2024 Bere Island Christmas Newsletter is now on sale at Murphy’s Shop, Rerrin, and SuperValu Castletownbere, priced €5. The newsletter is published by Bere Island Projects Group who would like to thank all those who contributed to it.
Bere Island Projects Group CLG will hold their AGM on Wednesday 13th November at 7.00pm in the Community Centre, Bere Island. All are welcome to attend. If you do not receive BIPG’s regular text message and wish to do so, please contact the office to be added to the list.
In conjunction with Creative Places West Cork Islands, Bere Island Projects Group will host an exhibition Sweet Home Sweet by Jane Hayes on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th October at the Bere Island Community Centre. The exhibition is work with and for young children and families. Jane will also host workshops on the same weekend, …
The Bere Island Projects Group CLG wish to invite applications for the position of a full time (35 hours per week) Project Co-Ordinator with the group. The Bere Island Projects Group CLG is an island Community Development Project based on Bere Island, Co Cork working in the area of community and island development across Bere, …
Job Vacancy: Project Co-Ordinator with The Bere Island Projects Group CLG Read More »
Older people in the community are invited to come along to the Beara Community Gathering at the Berehaven Lodge, Castletownbere on October 4th at 12.30pm. There will be a three-course meal, live music, dancing and a raffle. Booking is essential by contacting Oscar Daly on 027 75099.
The annual Mass at the Holy Year Cross will take place on Saturday August 3rd at 2.00pm
Bere Island First Responder Group are running a free hands-only CPR course on Wednesday August 7th in the Community Centre at 10.00am and at 2.00pm. The course is open to all island residents and visitors to the island. Booking is essential by contacting Theresa on 086 1621803.
We are delighted to be hosting the West Cork Fit Up Theatre Festival on Bere Island again this summer. Performances will take place on the following dates at the Lecture Theatre, Rerrin. Saturday 13th JulySaturday 20th JulySaturday 27th JulySaturday 3rd August All performances start at 8.00pm, doors open from 7.30pm. Tickets are €15 each.
As a mark of respect to our friend and former colleague, John Walsh, the offices of Bere Island Projects Group will be closed on Wednesday 26th June 2024. May John Rest in Peace
The 2024 Bere Island Military Heritage Festival will take place on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June at the Drill Hall Rerrin, and features a packed programme of speakers along with an exhibition on the island’s military heritage. Bere Island is one of the most fortified islands in Western Europe and has featured in a …
Bere Island Projects Group have been awarded €72,693 of CLÁR funding from the Department of Rural and Community Development to purchase an electric wheelchair accessible bus and install a PV charging point at the island community centre. The funding was announced by Minister Heather Humphreys, as part of an overall €412,000 funding package for eleven …
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The 2021 Bere Island Christmas Newsletter is now on sale from Murphys Shop, Bere Island and SuperValu, Castletownbere, priced €5. The newsletter is produced by Bere Island Projects Group who would like to extend their thanks to all those who contributed to it.
To commemorate the centenary of the Bere Island Internment Camp, Bere Island Projects Group CLG have produced a short film recounting the history of the camp, the stories of the men who were interned there and some daring escapes. The film will be available to view from 9am on Monday September 27th 2021 on the …
The Bere Island Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) will soon be discussing energy conservation and generation in relation to the Energy Master Plan which is currently being created for Bere Island. Information on the links below gives details on Electricity and how the benefits of a solar PV system for you home on the island.
Bere Island, are one of seven island communities in West Cork who are set to benefit from a three-year €450,000 programme to develop and sustain new creative opportunities for all age groups, through the Arts Council’s ‘Creative Places Programme’. ‘The Creative Places, West Cork Islands’ programme is an innovative development and community engagement project that …
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The Beara based Peninsula Players will perform Sharon by Katie Holly this Sunday May 2nd at 8pm on Bere Island Community Radio. Tune into 100.1FM locally or online here
