BEARA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

 Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra

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The Society is pleased to announce extending membership of our Heritage Photo Site to all those on RootsWeb: - Beara-L (List), the Boston Beara Society and all local Schools.

 

Here you can upload your old family photos of Beara and browse other members albums.

 

For instructions on uploading your photos, click on the image of Dunboy Castle below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Heritage Council of Ireland designated 24th – 31st August as National Heritage Week and asked local groups and communities to arrange heritage events in their areas.

 

Click on the link below to view the events Beara Historical Society hosted.

 

Beara Heritage Events

 

 

OTHER NEWS

 

We intend reprinting in the near future several of our earlier works including by popular request a completely revised version of:         Beara - A Journey Through History by Daniel M. O'Brien 

 

 

 

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For more information on our society or where to obtain our books, Email: - info@bhs.ie

 

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To celebrate the 400 anniversary of the Siege of Dunboy the Society released a VHS, now by popular demand and to coincide with National Heritage Week we have produced a DVD version which is Region free and will play worldwide.

 

It is available from all the usual outlets in Beara at €15 or for €24 including postage worldwide from the Society.

 

Also published by the Society

Beara - A Journey through History

by Daniel M. O’Brien

Beara’s Pictorial Past

Beara’s Pictorial Past Volume 2

In the Path of Heroes

by Gerard Harrington

The Last Chieftain of Gaelic Ireland

by Paul O’Sullivan

Beara - History and Stories from the Peninsula

 by Gerard Harrington

Beara - Down Memory Lane

by Gerard Harrington

 

 

 

 

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Founded 1986

 Site last updated: Tuesday September 15, 2009

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