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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Monday 14th April 2025 Harriet Andrews RIPThere will be a commemoration of Harriet  Andrews’ life in the Bere Island Heritage Centre, on Saturday April 26th from 2pm to 4pm.  All are welcome.  Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann AGMComhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann will hold their AGM on Saturday May 11th and Sunday May 12th  on Clare Island, Co Mayo. Minister Dara …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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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, …

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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, …

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The annual Mass at the Holy Year Cross will take place on Saturday August 3rd at 2.00pm

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 …

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