Ted lives in Cork and on Bere Island. He worked as a secondary teacher and in the Centre for Cooperative Studies in University College. His book A short history of Bere Island is for years the standard work on the island’s history. It is reprinted on a regular basis. It will be made available in print through the Bere Island Heritage Centre.
Bere Island (Irish: Oiléan Béarra, meaning “bear island”, although officially called An tOileán Mór meaning “the big island”) is an island off the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It is roughly 10 km x 3 km in dimension, with an area of 17.68 km², and, Read more…
The licensed car / passenger ferry ” Ikom K ” operates a daily car ferry service from the Pontoon to Bere Island, which is located off Castletownbere in Bantry Bay in the south west corner Read more…
A beacon to mark the western entrance to Castletownbere was first recommended in 1847 by the Admiralty. It was agreed to build a beacon tower on the west point of Bere Island (Ardnakinna). Construction took Read more…