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

Sun 5 July 2026

2:30pm to 5:00pm

 Courtmacsherry Lifeboat Station

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An open day for both the Courtmacsherry Lifeboat and Lifeboat Station

Courtmacsherry RNLI

Saving Lives at Sea

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Mon 6 July 2026

 Blind Strand

Register for the Courtmacsherry Water Safety Swim week that takes place on week commencing the 6th July. Registration closes on April 30th

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Fri 10 July 2026

10:00am to 2:00pm

 Butlerstown Community Centre

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A summer camp for kids between the ages of 5 and 14

Singing, dancing, drama, music and fun

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Sat 11 July 2026

From 10:30am

 Barryroe GAA Grounds

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Barryroe Agricultural Show

Horse & Pony Classes
Cattle Classes
Dog Show
Children's Sports & Entertainment

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by Denis O'Regan

As part of my membership of the IWDG (Irish Whale and Dolphin Group) I am trained as a responder to attend to stranded dolphins and whales

Occasionally stranded dolphins are reported alive and depending on several factors it might be deemed appropriate to attempt guiding the animal back to the ocean.  Dolphins are heavy.  A Common Dolphin can weigh 150 kilograms.  One method the IWDG employs is to place the dolphin in a strong sling which can take 6 to 8 volunteers to lift and carry it back to the sea.  Trained IWDG responders are insured for this task however, it can be difficult to gather enough members especially as speed is critical.

Dolphins are not designed to be on land and when stranded it faces many dangers.

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Southern Star: 26 November 1938

Lislevane sea-captain: Impressive Scenes at Funeral in China

Native People in Tears

The unwonted sight of a large body of Chinese in tears at a European’s funeral was witnessed in Hong Kong towards the end of last September. The occasion was the obsequies of Captain Michael McCarthy, Skipper of a South China river steamer, who was born at Butlerstown, Lislevane. A people’s gratitude for unfailing kindness, lavish generosity and practical interest in their spiritual and temporal welfare was the impelling motive in this impressive tribute.

'Pekin' an example Chinese Paddlesteamer from the period

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.

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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.

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