Fáilte and welcome to the Barryroe Community Website
This website offers to:
- List Local Events
- List Local Organisations and Businesses in the Directory
- Publish Community News
- Build a library of interesting local History
- Share the local Nature
Please do Add an Event or Add Your Listing
Sat 15 August 2026
5:00pm
at the Timoleague Timeline
(Grotto below the Catholic Church)
Timoleague Historical Society
A guided walking tour exploring Timoleague through the 1926 census
Photographic Display and Oral History Project Launch
All Welcome
Panoramic views of the Atlantic, Broadstrand, Dunworley, Ballinglanna and Inchydoney Island
100% of proceeds to Courtmacsherry RNLI
Saving Lives at Sea
Mass will be celebrated at the Mass rock, Béal an Aifrinn, Mealmane, Courtmacsherry
All are welcome
by Denis O'Regan
Fascinating facts about the Gannet
I am privileged to regularly observe Gannets from our home on the Atlantic here in West Cork. They are a remarkable bird that capture my curiosity.
The Northern Gannet (Morus bassana) to give it its full name, is a large white seabird with black tipped wings that span 2 meters (6 feet). They often fly for miles out at sea in convoy and seem to relish windy days climbing up and rushing down to the surface of the ocean like riding an invisible roller coaster. They are particularly adept at finding fish and diving from a height can hit the water at 100km per hour (62mph). Normally this would knock out or even kill most birds but the Gannet has some astounding adaptions for this method of hunting.
The Amazing Gannet
The following are some extracts from the Courtmacsherry and District Notes in the Southern Star during World War One
4th March 1916: Recruiting Meeting at Courtmacsherry
A meeting was held at Courtmacsherry on Sunday, the 27th February, at 10.30 o’clock under the auspices of the Clonakilty Recruiting Committee. The Pipers played some nice selections previous to the meeting and headed the congregation coming from Church.
The following members travelled from Clonakilty, Messrs T. J. Canty J.P., C.U.D.C., M.C.C.; H. Hoskins, M.P.S. (Hon. Sec.); J. Helen, U.D.C.; John Rowan, D.I.,R.I.C.; S.H. Levis, Manager, M. & L. Bank; J. T. Wheeler, Agent, Bank of Ireland; T. O’Regan, Egg Dealer. Also present were County Inspector Tweedy; Capt. O’Driscoll; R. J. Ruddock R.D.C.; Capt. Hawkes; Johnson Travers; Lance Corporal Vaughan;, R.A.M.C.; Ml. O’Hea, J.P.; Sergt. Leo Wylie, recruiting sergeant; William Murphy, R.D.C.; John White, R.D.C.; J. D. O’Driscoll, R.D.C.; M. G. Hegarty, Thos. Brophy and J. Whelton, Currihy.
On the proposition of Mr. T. J. Canty, seconded by Mr. R. J. Ruddock, Captain O’Driscoll took the chair.
Mr. J. T. Wheeler (Agent, Bank of Ireland) said they had travelled from Clonakilty and they all knew for what purpose this meeting was held. (Hear, hear). He was not there that day to speak to them on any religious or political subject, but he was there to tender a word of advice and reason; he was connected with the people of their village for the last 25 years, he was acquainted with nearly every person around there.
He need not tell them that England and her Allies are at war with Germany and other nations; they all knew that, and perhaps better than he did. They had seen and read it in the papers and had debated it in conversation, he need not dwell on the magnitude of the war, he said Courtmacsherry had done a fair share, but there may be a few more to come yet and assist.
How did the Barryroe Community Website begin?
Denis O'Regan, founder of Faithful.ie has been developing websites since 1998. To put that into perspective four years earlier at the beginning of 1994 the total number of websites on planet earth was 623! In 2003 based in the UK, Denis formed the IT company Easykey. Denis and Carol and two dogs Benny and Chloe arrived in 2015 to Barryroe. During the COVID pandemic he developed a website for the parish of Barryroe with the initial service of providing livestream Mass for the local community. In the following months the company Faithful.ie was established specifically providing smart website solutions for Faith Communities.
See Faithful.ie
On Sunday 26 April 2026 the Barryroe Community website was launched. Initially the purpose was to List Local Events. This quickly expanded to:
- Building a library of interesting local History
- Listing Local Organisations and Businesses in the Directory
- Sharing the local Wildlife and Nature
Denis O'Regan
How is the website funded?
All costs for this website are sponsored by Faithful.ie and is provided for free to the local community.