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Watch Skibb rowing club’s stunning guard of honour for founder and Heir Island legend who died in tragic accident CorkBeo | Nov. 6, 2021 Heir Island legend, founder of Skibbereen Rowing Club, and mussel farmer Danny Murphy will be mourned by many

House of the week: A piece of Paris in West Cork for €1 million Irish Examiner | 23 Aug, 2021 Two houses, plus 13 acres of land with nearly a mile of water frontage on Heir Island

Boost for West Cork’s islands with €450k in grants for communities and the arts CorkBeo | 29 June 2021 West Cork and its seven island communities will benefit from €450,000 in grants for communities, creative projects and the arts over the next three years.

SPECIAL REPORT: How West Cork’s islands have worked hard to stay connected during Covid The Southern Star | May 13th, 2021 Our seven inhabited offshore havens have found new ways to keep their residents positive – and busy – during a most challenging 13 months, but now they’re gearing up for summer

Free from Covid-19: Life springs eternal on Heir Irish Examiner | 27 Apr, 2020 If the virus is not there now then it’s not getting there: Simple as that. Only four of Carbery’s Hundred Isles can claim to be populated, with Heir Island off Cunnamore Head one of them.

Lobster boat project nears completion Fox 11 Online | July 16, 2019 GREEN BAY (WLUK) — A unique boat building project steeped in history is starting to take shape in Green Bay. The design for the type of lobster boat first appeared off the coast of Ireland, hundreds of years ago…