Month: May 2023

Bere Island Projects Group awarded funding under Cork County Council’s Commemorations Grant Scheme

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 …

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Bere Island Projects Group awarded Heritage Council Funding

Bere Island Projects Group has been awarded €20,000 under The Heritage Council’s Heritage Organisations Support Fund 2024 to undertake further actions under the Bere Island Conservation Plan.      In 2001 with concerns for the long-term viability of the island community, and a realization that the island’s built and archaeological heritage needed to be protected from further …

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