Current artists: Louise Manifold, Sam Arnold Keane, Rachel Donnelly, Eóin Heaney, Saoirse Higgins. Ocean & Environment. The 7 islands of Cape...

Paddy O’Brien, Nuala Hayes, and Simone Schuemmelfeder. Three Heads / Na Trí Chinn. Storytellers in Residence. Throughout 2025. Exploring themes and...

Jen Doran & Samuel Arnold Keane. A forage from land to sea. Bere Island. 22 August 2025. A forage from land to sea … deep, enriching and...

Brendan Simpson. Traditional willow lobster pot. Bere Island. 1 November. One-day demonstration. Brendan Simpson from heritagefisheries.ie led...

Heir Island. Venue programme. Summer 2025. It was a busy summer at the boathouse on Heir Island with an eclectic mix of events with folk nights...

Marianne O’ Drisceoil. Collective Mending & Repurposing Workshops. Coláiste Pobail Chleire, Cape Clear Island Comhar na nOileán. 11 September...

Katy Salvidge, baroque recorder, Justin Grounds, baroque violin, Tess Leak, cello, Camilla Griehsel and Gideon Wiech. Heir Island, Cape Clear,...

Paula Marten. Printmaking Workshop. Sherkin Island. 5 November for 6 weeks until December 10. This new workshop will introduce participants to a...

Deirdre O’ Mahony. The Quickening, Film Screening. Bere Island. 21 Oct. Bringing together urgent conversations, original music and moving image, The...

The Community of Sherkin Island. Sherkin in Motion. Community Exhibition & Dancing at the Crossroads. Sherkin Island Community Hall. June/July...

Mary Palmer. Quilting Workshop. Bere Island. Sat 22 & Sunday 23 Nov. Textile artist Mary Palmer will instruct participants over the course of...

Lucy Hyland. Thriving Together Community Weaving Project. Bere Island Oct 11, Sherkin Island Oct 17 Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre Oct 18....

Ann Burns. Sherkin Ceramic Group. Sherkin Island. November & December. Intermediate Ceramic Skills. In this stage of the ceramics course,...

Robert Collins & Paul O’ Neill. Anti-Defuturing: Infrastructuring for Socio-Technical Sustainability. Whiddy Island Schoolhouse. 4 to 6 July....

The good folk from Sherkin Island. Flotilla of boats to Long Island. May. On a sunny spring morning a group of Sherkin musicians set sail for Long...

Eoin Marshall. Try it Series. Medicinal herb kitchen workshop. Sherkin Island. April 2024. Participants learned about the medical uses of the plants...

Jamie Howard Lonehort Viking Harbour Bere Island 10 to 21 September  A sculptural intervention placed along the Bere Island high road. From a...

Nadiia Lotnyk  Silk flower making with Nadiia Sherkin Island 20 May Making and workshops part of Sherkin's Try It Series where Nadiia teaches...

Blood in the Alley Theatre Company Fit-up Theatre Festival Hair, Sherkin, Whiddy and Bere Island Summer  Island Cottage, Hair Island East, Bank...

Whiddy Island Development Association Gerry McCarthy and Band Community céilí  31 August

The Arts Council, Create & Creative Places MacUíllíam Art of Place Symposium October 2025 Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Hosted by The Arts...

Bere Island Arts Festival Bere Island 18 to 21 September Bere Island Arts Festival was established in 2022 by three Bere Island women, Pauline...

Contributions from the West Cork Islands. Sea & Stone, Island Art Works & Artefacts. LHQ Gallery, Cork County Hall. March to May. An...

Ronan Collins and Nigel Towse. Sherkin Island. The St Anthony, A Traditional Wood Boat Restoration. Ongoing. The St Anthony is a traditional...

Róisín Ní Chonaill & One Morning in August. Bobstock 2025 Cotter’s Bar, Oileán Chléire. 4 July Bobstock, a music festival on Cape Clear Island...

Juno Cheatle. Gardens of Our Memory. Sherkin Island. Culture Night  The Culture night event was a site-specific video/visual and audio...

Rachel Donnelly Start Standing - Try It Series Sherkin Island 15 January Start Standing was an hour-long somatic workshop focused on breath, mindful...

Graffiti Theatre Company agus MEITHEAL Phlean Teanga Chléire. Guthanna na hOige / Voices of Youth. Cleachtadh & Léiriú (John McCarthy) Oileán...

Jordyn Lynch, Neisha Azzopard. Sewn Up - Making and workshops. Sherkin Island Throughout 2025. Sewn Up is a project about up-cycling and repairing...

Stephen Carter & the Bere Island Men's Shed. Leatherwork for Islanders Part I. Bere Island Community Centre. October This project will provide...

Stephen Carter & the Bere Island Men's Shed. Leatherwork for Islanders Part II. Bere Island Community Centre. October 8th to April 2025. Now in...

Simon Kidd Material Library/Material Mapping, Residency, Workshop & Exhibition. Oileán Chléire Through 2025 His community participation project...

Comharchumann Chléire Teo Jon Sousa & Adam Agee with Louise Fitzgerald. Concert and informal session with local musicians. Concerts Cotters Pub...

A play by Carina McNally, Éadaoin O Donoghue & Strive Theatre.  The Crows Old Gold. 31 May & 1 June On a windswept rock near Dursey...

Susan McManamon & Ger Wolfe Singing in Harmony. Sherkin Island. June, July, August The project focused on singing in harmony using the voice in...

Nuala Mahon. Leave No (Plastic) Trace, presentation, poetry reading and video sessions. Nuala Mahon (short film), Nollaig Rowan (poet) and Dr Marcel...

Tess Leak and Sharon Whooley The Museum of Birds and Beasts Island Wide 2024 / 2025 / 2026 Participatory arts project. The artists will work with...

Seamas Hyland and Caoimhín ó Raghallaigh with the Sherkin Island Musicians. Open Ear Islander’s Night 2025. Sherkin Island. 29 May

Sarah O’Brien. Drawing Walks. Sherkin Island. 28 June. The drawing walks are a mindful experimental-drawing project. The project suits all ages with...

Pauline Hurley Bere Island Writing Retreats Bere Island. Judge: Theo Dorgan May to August Now in its second year, the poetry competition again...

Jane Hayes. Exhibition and workshops. Bere Island Community Centre. 25 and 26 October 2024. A exhibition of work created with and for very young...

Jorgé Satorre Film screening. Sherkin Island Community Centre Cancelled Part of TULCA the Festival of Visual Arts | Galway, curator Michele Horrigan...

Bernadette Burns & inni-k Writing With Water Artist residency Sherkin Island July 2024 Visual artist Bernadette Burns, musician inni-k and...

Oileán Chléire Biennial Ceramic Weekend The Cape Clear Island Pottery Throwdown 24 and 25 August Featured demonstrations by professional throwers....

Bere Island Men’s Shed group Community flower boxes and planters Bere Island Summer 2024 Men’s Shed is a committed membership of some 20 people. In...

‘Humdili’ occurred on Sherkin Island over two days in October. The connection happened through collaboratively made Haiku poetry and the sharing of...

Children from the Islands Publication and Book Launch St Michael’s National School, Bere Island 19 September 2024 ‘My Townland, My Story’ is a...

Teach Tábhairne an Jolly Roger / Jolly Roger Pub Sherkin Island The Jolly Roger 9th June Oileán Chléire / Cape Clear Kevin Mc Cann, Danny Stewart,...

Facilitated by Pauline Hurley Bere Island International Poetry Prize 2024 Bere Island May to September Winner: Fiona Hanley. Shortlisted: Faye...

Music Meeting Heir Island 20 July Heir and Sherkin musicians joined together at The Boathouse on Heir Island on. Photo by: Nuala Mahon

Try It Series with Daniel Q Sherkin Island, Crows Gabble 2 July 2024 With thanks to Cally from Sherkin Library

Trá Pháidín Residency Oileán Chléire 26 - 29 August Trá Pháidín is an 8-piece band that works mainly on creating contemporary Irish language music...

Sarah JégouSageman, Jeroen De Beer [violins], Séamus Hickey [viola], Léo Guiguen [cello] Concert West Cork Chamber Music Fringe Festival The Sonoro...

Artist book: Softback (48 Pages) Design: Stuart Coughlan edit+ Photography: Jed Niezgoda, Mickael Do Couto & Mary Sullivan Print: Print...

Marianne O’ Drisceoil Collective Mending & Repurposing Sessions Colaiste Pobail Chléire, Oileán Chléire September & October 2024 Skill...

Fergus & Ruairí O’Gorman Masters of Tradition Concert, Whiddy Island 25 August Fergus & Ruairí O’Gorman (flute and bouzouki), members of the...

Bobstock: The Revival Music Festival Cape Clear / Oileán Chléire Saturday 6 July 2024 Bobstock was always a landmark weekend for the island. In 2024...

Bere Island Arts Festival Bere Island Arts Festival curated a collection of performances, experiences, readings, screenings, concerts, and...

Susan McManamon Singing in Harmony Sherkin Island Summer 2023 Musician and Choir Director Susan McManamon facilitated four workshops, in July and...

Eoin Warner in conversation with Tim O’ Leary West Cork Literary Festival Whiddy Island Schoolhouse 13 July  Naturalist, wildlife documentary...

The Harte sisters & Paddy O’Brien EU & Irish Doctors orchestra, Heir & Sherkin Islands 4 - 8 June There were sharing music events and...

Fergus Murphy Solo exhibition Townhall Art Centre, Co Cavan 26 September - 9 October 2024 FxMurphy presents a new body of work at Townhall Arts...

Le Chéile & Dancing at the Crossroads Sherkin community exhibition Skerkin Island June & July Le Chéile ran from the 28 June to 11 July with...

Fastnet Film Festival Oileán Chléire 26 May Clár Gearrscannáin Gaeilge – Curated Irish Language Short Film Programme.

Harriet Andrews Bere Island Women Create January 2024

Mohammad Syfkha, Flowers at Night & Sherkin Island Musicians  Open Ear, Islander’s Night Sherkin Island, Jolly Roger Pub 30 May

Catherine Sullivan Crochet Workshop Bere Island Women Create  March & April 2024 Introduction to crochet with an emphasis on the various...

John Connell Nature & Place Writing West Cork Literary Festival Writing Workshop Whiddy Island 15 July  Bestselling author and farmer John...

Madeleine Dunne Bere Island Women Create (BIWC) 27 & 28 April This was a 2 day demonstration and workshop. The workshop was designed to show...

Jon Sousa & Adam Agee Concerts Oileán Chléire 11th, 12th Sherkin Northshore 13th

Róisín Ní Chonaill, Tomasz Madajczak & Inma Pavon Hidden Stories Residency, Oileán Chléire Ongoing in 2024 Oileán Chléire dance project with...

Annemarie Ní Churreáin Dursey Island Artist Residency  Dursey Island January & February Annemarie is from the Donegal Gaeltacht and was our...

Dursey Island Festival 15 & 16 June Traditional Irish music (Ecki and gang), Sherkin Island guitar duo Shanti, poetry readings, storytelling,...

Simon Crockett and Neisha Azzopardi Fireside Sessions, Concerts & gatherings Sherkin Island To help us through the colder more isolated months,...

Sonia Caldwell / Kilcoe Studios Workshop | Local Wild Plants & Flowers Oileán Chléire & Bere Island May & June 2024 In early summer...

Whole Wide World Tour. Laureate na nÓg. Sherkin Island. April 2024. The Laureate na nÓg day of literature events for children took place in April...

Ken Cotter & John Simpson Sherkin Island Bloomsday Workshop Sherkin Island The Jolly Roger 15 16 June Two days to celebrate Ulysses and to enjoy...

Jesse Jones, Naomi Nkosi accompanied by Philip Strickland (lepidopterist) and Irene Buckley (composer). The Moth Catchers Research Residency Sherkin...

Eva McMullan, Fergal O’Connor & the children from Bere Island National School. Ukulele festival Ukes Go Bere is weekend festival, included...

Nigel Towse TRY IT SERIES Sherkin & Heir Islands February & April 2024 Nigel Towse taught residents of Sherkin and Heir Islands how to...

Creative Places is a National programme and in 2024 Sherkin and Heir Islands facilitated the network in what was a fantastic few days sharing,...

Tom Keeley Féile 2023 Photographic exhibition, art installation & performance Oileán Chléire Summer 2023 This multi-media performance explored...

Catherine Reinhart Collective mending Sherkin Island December 2023 The Collective Mending Sessions was a series of socially engaged workshops...

Aedín Cosgrove of Pan Pan Theatre Samuel Beckett Cascando - Outdoor Theatre Oileán Chléire Summer Féile 2023 Presentation of the internationally...

Curated by Ruairí Ó Donnabháin Community Exhibition with Multiple Artists Outdoor exhibition & walking trail Duncan Harper, Pierce Hickey,...

The inaugural Bere Island Arts Festival. An island festival offering a wide range of events across the islands scenic locations. This festival...

Kirstie Affleck Artist/Maker Oileán Chléire Ongoing Farmer maker and Islander Kirstie Affleck is working on a new body of work with her self...

Norman King Book and Exhibition Sherkin Island Never before published reflections on island life through poetry and songs by islander Norman King. A...

Mona O’ Driscoll Community Scoruíochting & Map of Sherkin’s Heritage Place Names Community gathering and map making Sherkin Island Research and...

Simon Kidd Residency Oileán Chléire Ongoing His work creates artefacts of place, dealing with the island’s physical materiality, creating very...

Multiple Artists Expanded Island - Artist Residency Oileán Chléire November 2023 The Guesthouse Cork City artists went to Oileán Chléire and opened...

Martin O’ Flynn Basket Making  Bere Island Active Retirement Group Artists/Makers Bere Island October/November Martin O Flynn, traditional...

Tomasz Madajczak Looking For The Light Within Multiple Artists Oileán Chléire April 2023 Weekly workshops initiated by Tomasz Madajczak connected...

Graffiti Theatre Company An Sean Duine Og Performance Bere Island, Oileán Chléire and Rathmore NS Baltimore November 2023 Graffiti Theatre Company’s...

Mary O’ Sullivan From the Inside Out and the Outside In Exhibition Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre November December 2023 This exhibition of new...

Organised by Dr. Eva McMullan and assisted by Andrew Moran. Ukes Go Bere Bere Island June 2023 Ukes Go Bere is weekend festival suitable for...

William Bock A Green Rope for Sherkin Rope making, film and community development Sherkin Island Ongoing A Green Rope for Sherkin revolves around an...

Community Exhibition & Dancing at the Crossroads Sherkin Island Summer 2023 The annual community exhibition brought together over 30 artists in...

Vocal harmonic workshops with Susan McManamon Harmonic workshops (pilot project) Sherkin Island July and August 2023 Two vocal harmonic workshops...

Dave Tomson & The Doctor's Orchestral The Festival of Music on Heir Island Chamber and orchestral music Heir & Sherkin Islands Summer 2023...