A project to record the oral history of Bere Islanders at home, and abroad is now underway. Earlier this year Bere Island Projects Group were one of a small number of community groups who were successfully accepted onto the Heritage Keepers programme, a new initiative set up by the Burren Beo Trust and facilitated by The Heritage …
Bere Island Projects Group are among the six groups in Cork who have been announced as County winners in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2022. It’s the second time Bere Island has featured in the Good Causes Awards, the group made reached the finals in 2019. The awards were created to honour and showcase the inspiring …
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Tuesday 17th May Heritage KeepersBere Island Projects Group are one of the groups who have been taking part in the Burren Beo Trust’s Heritage Keepers Programme. A group of 7 from Bere Island undertook the online training programme and have decided to base their project on recording an oral history of Bere Island. A leading oral history expert, …
Creative Places: West Cork Islands’ has been launched by Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Gillian Coughlan at Whiddy Island Community Centre. Forming part of the Arts Council’s Creative Places programme 2021-2024, the programme will see Cork County Council lead a consortium of local arts and development agencies that inclues Bere Island Projects Group, Sherkin Island Development …
The 2022 Castletownbere Darkness into Light event will take place on Saturday May 7th leaving the Beara Coast Hotel at 4.15am. The event will follow a new route this year, starting at the Beara Coast Hotel. Those participating are asked to park at the Bakery Square, and near the playground. The walk will leave from the Beara …
The Department of Children, Equality, Disability Integration and Youth and the Irish Red Cross has opened an online portal to allow members of the public to offer up accommodation to those fleeing the war in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. Anyone who has accommodation on Bere Island they would like to make available can contact Bere Island …
Bere Island Women Create will hold a fundraising coffee morning to support those affected by the war in Ukraine on Sunday March 20th from 11am to 1pm in The Hotel, Bere Island. There will be tea, coffee, cakes and a raffle with hampers and lots of great prizes. Raffle tickets can be purchased in advance …
15th March 2022 The latest Bere Island Sustainable Energy Community Newsletter is now available online. 24th January 2022 Free BER Report for your HomeThe Bere Island Sustainable Energy Committee (SEC) is offering free BER Reports to the first 10 residents who request this. A BER report is an energy improvement report for your home, highlighting where …
The following courses are currently taking place on Bere Island: Family Art CourseTuesdays at the Heritage Centre from 4.30 to 5.30pm. IT CourseThursdays at the Community Centre from 4.30 – 5.30pm. Marketing CourseThursdays at the Community Centre from 6.30 – 8.30pm. For further details contact the Projects Group Office at 027 75099.
Bere Island Publishing is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to collect and house all recent and older publications relevant to (or ‘about’ or ‘written on’) Bere Island. These can be fiction stories, or novels, non-fiction and historical works, but also popular-scientific publications and nature, hiking, bird watching guides. Bere Island authors can choose to be …
