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
Singing, dancing, drama, music and fun for children
This free Community Choir resumes with a new season after the Summer Break
Fri 11 Sept 2026
to
Sun 13 Sept 2026
A wonderful weekend of music, song and storytelling in the beautiful seaside village of Courtmacsherry
By Denis O’Regan
Dolphin DNA from years ago!
Last week a research paper was published on 14 August 2026 which describes the findings regarding a genetic study of the three distinct groups of Bottlenose Dolphins around Ireland namely the Shannon Estuary, Coastal and Offshore populations.
This study included the known five solitary dolphins of which Fungie was probably the most well-known. DNA samples were collected from four of them but the research began just after Fungie was last seen in October 2020.
In July 2021 I happened to be aboard the Celtic Mist for a week surveying the genetically distinct Bottlenose Dolphins populating the Shannon Estuary and nearby locations.
Denis with Fungie in 1988
Irish Times: 16 September 1939
U-Boat Captain Cheered her Search for Rescue Ship Care for Victim’s Safety
Sinking of British Influence
The crew of the torpedoed oil tanker “British Influence”, cheered the U-Boat commander who on Thursday saw them safely aboard the Norwegian vessel, “Ida Bakke”, and the German captain returned their cheer.
The facts were told when yesterday the rescued men were landed from the lifeboat at Courtmacsherry, County Cork.
Rescued Men at Courtmacsherry
From our Correspondent CLONAKILTY, Friday.
At 9.30 this morning the Courtmacsherry lifeboat landed the crew of forty-two of the oil tanker, “British Influence”, which was torpedoed at noon yesterday 200 miles off the Fastnet. At 6.30 a.m. today the lifeboat, acting on instructions from Lloyd’s agent in Cove, went to sea and took the men off the Norwegian cargo vessel, “Ida Bakke”, which had picked them up after they had been several hours adrift and arrived off the Seven Heads, coast of Cork. The “Ida Bakke” proceeded on her voyage to Panama after the lifeboat brought the men ashore.
The crew, who are all safe, were made comfortable at Courtmacsherry this morning and afterwards they left for Cork en route for England. One member, A. Sterling, of London has sustained an injured knee. He was attended to by Dr. James Sheehy, Timoleague.
Kapitänleutnant Otto Schuhart (1 Apr 1909 - 10 Mar 1990)
Commander of U-Boat U-29
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.