The Boston Beara Society was established in 1995 to promote and celebrate the history, art and music of the Beara Peninsula and the achievements of its people in Ireland and the USA.
The Boston Beara Society has adopted as its logo an image of the Chailleach Béara, the mythological figure whose petrified remains may still be seen in Kilcatherine in the parish of Eyeries.
The Chailleach is featured in several Irish poems, including Pádraig Pearce’s “Mise Éire”.
Mise Éire Sine mé ná an Chailleach Béara Mór mo glór Mé do rug Cúchullainn cróga Mór mo náir Mo chlann fein do dheil a mháthair Mise Éire Uaigni mé ná an Chailleach Bhéara I am Ireland I am older than the Old Woman of Beara Great is my glory I that bore Cu Chulainn the valiant Great is my shame My own children sold their mother I am Ireland I am lonelier than the Old Woman of Beara
