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...

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

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...