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We have a late availability from now until the end of June looking for someone to help in the garden and with a big garden exhibition we do at the beginning of June.
We are a married couple with four boys. The eldest is working and living in London with his wife. The second was working his way round the world with the horse racing industry, but now has his own training yard near Sydney, Australia. The third is in the fashion industry; he is married and living in New York with his husband. The fourth is working in London organising Doctoral conferences around the European Union; he did European Studies at Trinity College, Dublin.
We found this house 30 years ago. Built in about 1760, it was a virtual ruin and we have restored the main block. The gardens, which include two walled gardens, are gradually being restored. Caroline is a keen and knowledgeable gardener (RHS qualified), while Patrick is an architectural historian.
Our sons, daughter and son-in-law come home whenever they can and we have students staying in the house at times.Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
JardineríaConstrucción y bricolajeCuidado de animalesCocinar para toda la familiaAyuda domésticaMantenimiento generalIntercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
If they want to learn English we can help them and Patrick is TEFL qualified and can give English lessons. These have to be paid for and cannot be done in lieu of extra hours.
We encourage them to explore the surrounding beautiful countryside and take them with us for walks and visits to local sites if they want to come. We teach them about the Irish legends of this area and Irish history and architecture.
Many of our workawayers have come to us for their first experience and have learnt lots about gardening, building, painting and house maintenance.Ayuda
At this time of year there is always help needed in the garden. When it is raining, there are plenty of things to do in the house. This building is an ongoing restoration programme for us. There is always some painting help and there is some housework. This is our 12th year of hosting workawayers and, as you can see, people like staying here.
We make a point of treating our workawayers as part of the family and every night we all sit down to dinner together. We really enjoy it if a workaway cooks for us sometimes - particularly food from their country.Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Francés: FluidoAlojamiento
Full board. We have a double room and a single room with a bathroom next to them and two power showers. As many workawayers like to eat a lot at lunchtime, particularly French and Italians, they usually have to prepare this themselves using the food in the cupboard or fridge. We eat a very healthy diet with home cooked food at all times eating many vegetables from our garden, tended by workawayers and eggs from our own hens.
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This area, largely unknown to tourists, is situated in the North Midlands of Ireland and is rolling country with beautiful lakes. It is 100kms northwest of Dublin, close to Mullingar, with good transport links: train, bus and main M4 close by, (75 mins. driving). There is good fishing in the lakes. The village has a good pub with music on occasions and restaurants nearby (driving). The house is very much in the country, surrounded by farmland (though we are not farmers). As such it is not suitable for people with allergies to animals. The local village is 10mins. walk away. There is a daily return Bus Eireann bus to Dublin (about 2.5 hours each way). There are, however, other faster methods of getting to Dublin by bus and train. We also have bicycles and high viz tops.
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Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
The wifi is very good and we are shortly getting fibre broadband
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Hopefully Edouard will come back. He would be most welcome.
Patrick &… read more
Kiss Antonio
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Hopefully Edouard will come back. He would be most welcome.
Patrick &… read more
Kiss Antonio
I got to learn so many useful things I can use later in life. They both were so friendly and it was very easy to feel comfortable and at home.
Thank you for making it possible for me to get to know Ireland's culture/people and have a lot of great experiences that shaped me… read more
The house is amazing and you can find many beautiful places near, also with the friends of the family who are all fantastic people.
The meals togheter were a fantastic time to chat with Caroline and listen to Patrick talking about… read more
They are very nice people, interesting and always ready to help you. I loved the family chats during meals (the food was very good), the walks with Caroline and her friends, always in beautiful and characteristic… read more
Thanks so much again and again!
I enjoyed to stay in their Georgian house and to listen the history about the house. I helped them in the garder to find out the old remains of the original big house. When it was rainy I helped working inside the house. During the day off I… read more
We spent 3 weeks with Patrick and Caroline and their dogs, puppies, hens... We enjoyed stay in their home and listen the story of family and so else about history.
We worked in the garden and in the home to clean and to paint drawing room. There are some spiders, but you don't… read more
I spend 2 months with them and it was a great experience, I recommend it.
Work was project-centered. I cleared and weeded. I also helped with some housekeeping and organizing jobs. I… read more