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Bere Island. Pic: Bere Island Heritage Centre
JOIN The Bere Island Heritage Centre and the World Community for Christian Meditation for the annual Holy Week Retreat with Fr Laurence Freeman OSB and explore the mysteries of Easter from the 24th to the 31st March 2013.
The Bere Island Easter Retreat will be an interior pilgrimage of the Easter mysteries as they unfold in Holy Week.
Cape Clear’s North Harbour
THE Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dinny McGinley TD, has announced that his department has come to an agreement with Comharchumann Chléire Teo regarding the provision of a subsidised heavy cargo service for islands in West Cork.
Bere Island. Pic: Bere Island Heritage Centre
US Poet Dan Bianchino will be holding a talk on ‘The White Hag Of Beara’ on Saturday 23rd February at 2pm.
One Man’s Druid Experience…1994 to 2013..Poet D. C Bianchino…Subject ‘The White Hag Of Beara’
Graduates on Sherkin Island. Pic: Adrian Legg
THE Students Of BA Visual Arts Sherkin have organised a fun night out for all at the Eldon Hotel, Skibbereen at 9 pm on March 9th next.
The BA Visual Arts Course runs on the island and produces quality graduates of many different deciplines every two years
There will be a Guided Walk on Wednesday, January 16th at 12pm.
This will be a road walk, bring walking boots and suitable clothing.
Meet at and return to the Bere Island Heritage Centre
All are welcome.
THE Bere Island Tidy Towns Committee collected their award for winning the Tidy Islands category in the 2012 Tidy Towns Competition at a ceremony in Killarney recently.
It is the sixth consecutive year that Bere Island has won the award.
Mr Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht presented Bere Island with their award at a ceremony held at The Malton Hotel. [Read more...]
Crowds making their up from the pier on Sherkin Island with the Irish Lights vessel Granuaile in the background. Pic: Ginny Pavry
THE Sherkin Island community is preparing for an influx of visitors this coming weekend as the conferring of awards for the Dublin Institute of Technology’s (DIT) BA in Visual Art Graduation ceremony takes place on Saturday 6 October at 2.30pm. Family and friends of the 18 graduating students will make their way to the island for this special occasion and to celebrate with the students and the island community at Sherkin Island Community Hall, which also serves as the students’ campus on the island.
Bere Island. Pic: Bere Island Heritage Centre
There will be a guided walk to Cloughland Martello Tower this Thursday 23rd August at 1.45pm from Rerrin village, everyone is welcome.
Bere Island. Pic: Bere Island Heritage Centre
THE Taoiseach Enda Kenny has launched a Government plan to double the value of Ireland’s ocean wealth to 2.4% of GDP by 2030 and increase the turnover from our ocean economy to exceed €6.4bn by 2020. [Read more...]
24 hour event from Mizen Head to Malin Head IRISH sporting heroes Marcus Horan and Gerry Duffy turned out to support the Coast to Coast, Mizen to Malin cyclists, as they trained for the big event, which will raise funds for cancer research at The Mercy Hospital Foundation, Cork. The non stop cycle from more »
A NEW service for job-seekers has commenced in Macroom. The job-seekers resource centre is open on Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 10am until 12.30 in the pitch and putt clubhouse, Macroom. The free services are provided by volunteers who have been trained to mentor and support job-seekers through the steps involved.
THE Minister for the Marine, Simon Coveney TD has hailed as a “major breakthrough” a new mandate from EU Fisheries Ministers to enter final negotiations with the European Parliament on a reformed Common Fisheries Policy.
Bantry General Hospital set to benefit under small hospitals’ framework FINE Gael Cork South West has hailed the reorganisation of public hospitals in Ireland as the most significant reform of the healthcare system in the history of the State.
by Brian Moore THE call has gone out to the MacCarthy clan for a very special gathering taking place in Dunmanway later this month. Organised by the Dunmanway Historical Association, with the support of the UCC School of History, the MacCarthys of Cork Cultural and Historical weekend takes place in Dunmanway from Friday more »
David Minihane breaks the traditional bottle of champagne on the bow at the launch of his father Neil`s new boat “Piaras, A Chara”. The boat was named in memory of their old friend Pearse Lyne who drowned in a tragic boating accident last year. Pic: Niall Duffy
The Montana A Cappella Choir rehearsing in the evening sun before their performance at the Allihies Copper Mine Museum, West Cork. Pic: Niall Duffy
THE President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins will pay a special call to Courtmacsherry RNLI lifeboat station during an official visit to the West Cork village. While there he will view an impressive historical exhibition which is running all through the May Bank Holiday weekend.
DURING the May Bank holiday (Weekend May 3rd-6th) there will be a number of organised walks along the route of the Seven Heads Walk. The walkway, originally developed as a millennium project and extended in 2007, is a most outstanding and accessible amenity.
IT was certainly a case of twice as nice for The West Bar, Westport, Co Mayo, as for the second year running they were crowned All-Ireland Chowder Champion at the All-Ireland Chowder Cook-Off which took place in Kinsale on Sunday 21st April. Almost 900 people cast their vote, to choose their champion in the more »
THIS year’s Transition Year Business Projects Awards were announced at a prize-giving ceremony in the Aula Maxima, University College Cork with a team from Maria Immaculata Community College, Dunmanway taking third place overall. The team from Mount St. Michael in Rosscarbery were also awarded special recognition for their efforts. The Transition Year Business more »
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BANTRY Blues are delighted to announce the dates for its annual Kellogg's Cul Camp. The camp will take place from Monday the 8th to Fri 12th July at Wolfe Tone Park, Bantry, Co Cork. This … [Read More...]
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