The Bere Island Festive Farmers Market will be held on Sunday November 28th from 12pm to 2pm at the Hotel. Ferries will leave Castletownbere at 11.30am and 12.30pm, with transport available to and from the Hotel. The return ferry is at 2pm.
Bere Island have been announced as the winners of the Islands’ Award in the 2021 SuperValu Tidy Towns Competition. It’s the thirteenth consecutive year Bere Island have won the competition. The island scored an impressive points out of a maximum of 470. Bere Island’s entry to the annual competition is overseen by the Bere Island Tourism and …
Bere Island Projects Group CLG will hold their AGM on Wednesday 10th November at 7pm. Due to Covid-19 the meeting will be held online via Zoom conference call. A link to register will be sent to all residents by text this week. Please click on the link and complete your details to register. Following this …
Bere Island Community Radio broadcast their regular Sunday morning show live from Aranmore Island, Co Donegal last Sunday. The team broadcast from the Modam Remote, a remote digital working hub on Aranmore Island. As well as the regular Sunday morning features, the show featured interviews with Jerry Early, Chair of IIMRO and Comharchumann Oileán Árainn …
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Sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Oliver Sullivan, Bere Island. May He Rest In Peace. https://rip.ie/death-notice/john-oliver-sullivan-beara-cork/470940
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 …
Bere Island Projects Group will be publsihing the annual Christmas Newsletter for 2021 and are looking for your contributions. We welcome all submissions of family news or photographs from the past year. Stories of Christmases on Bere Island in days-gone-by are also welcome. All island clubs and organisations are also invited to submit any news …
Last Friday Auguust 27th, Bere Island Projects Group unveiled a plaque to commemorate the centenary of the island internment camp. Eugene Glendon, Chair of Bere Island Projects Group unveiled the plaque at Rerrin Military Barracks, which was the site where the internment camp was located. The event was attended by island residents and concluded with a …
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 Tourism and Environment Group have installed new Disney inspired flower tubs outside the Bere Island playground. The tubs are made from recycled mussel barrels, and thanks are extended to Jenny O’Neill for her amazing artwork on the flower tubs.
