Virtual Bere Island

	This site is dedicated to the O’Sullivan from Bere Island, Some of them exchange their home on the Island with ours in Switzerland, and the rest welcomed us during August 1998. So thank you Jo, Patricia, Cliona, Fionan, Ide, Ted, Margaret, Maire and Cathriona and we hope to see you again.

	Other pictures from our trip in Ireland : Mizen Head, Skellig, Cork, Cobh, Other, Blarney, Pubs

	Our trip starts from the surroundings of the O'Sullivans’ houses

Leila on the little blue BMX bike

A beautiful goat.There are many on the island

		On the first day we went biking (Daniel, Guy, Kim) or walking (Leila) or jogging (Martine) in the mist which disappeared around midday.

	in the Eastern of the Island, and we saw some beautiful sights

			we discovered Fort Lonehort

	To follow the second part of our virtual day trip go to the Coghlan page

	Tourist information on Bere Island Bere Island nestes snugly under Sliabh Miskish and the Caha Mountains of the Beara Peninsula, beautifully hugging the northern shore of Bantry Bay. Access is by boat or by any of the two licenced ferries which sail between the Island and Casteltownbere. (phone/fax 027 75014 - Murphy’s Ferry service). It’s a charming Island, away from the hustle and bustle of busier waters, with an air of peace and tranquility which is unsurpassed in this part of the world. Scatterred throughout the Island are the numerous remains, including two six inch guns, of the vast late victorian military fortifications which Britain (booh) built to protect its naval base at Berehaven which they held until 1938. For the energetic there are two Martello towers in very good condition. They will repay the effort of the hill climb with stunning views over the harbour and bay. When the sun shines, chidren and adults alike can enjoy safe water and sandy beaches in spectacularly sheltered coves. There are two pubs, a restaurant(Kitty’s phone 027 75004) and a seafood restaurant on the Island. but Bere Island’s greatest assets is its unspoilt, unpolluted and uncommercialised environnment (this include also the animals and the people).

	Hereunder you may find once the history of the Island if Ted sent me the text of his book... for the moment you have the reference ISBN 0 951 9186 0 5

Back cover text Bere Island - Ireland in microcosm; the history of a nation encapsulated in the frabric of an island of under 2.000 hectares. Ted O Sullivan brings history alive as he traces the ups and downs of an island people, their triumphs and their tragedies. Also recorded is a comprehensive list of the island’s antiquities; details of daring escapes from the island prison and the location of over 40 shipwrecks.