Share your culture and have fun in nature in Killeagh, Ireland

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  Description

  Hello! We are a family of four, two boys, Jack aged 6 and Rían aged 3. Dad (Colin) works as a manger is a local medical device company and Mum (Tara) works at her home Psychology practice. We live in beautiful East Cork in the countryside 2km form the small village of Killeagh. We love animals and we have lots! We rehome equines and have two ex-racehorses and two ponies that we have given a second life to. We also have a third horse that Tara competes with in dressage. We have three lovely and energetic dogs and a cat who all love company. We live in a rural area, the village of Killeagh is a 15 min walk away and there is a regular bus connection to Cork City (45 minutes via Midleton) and Waterford City (1hour 30 minutes via Youghal). There is also a greenway bike route in Killeagh that takes you into Midleton (west) and Youghal (east) which we love to use.
  As well as being outdoors with our boys and animals, we love music, the boys love playing with their toys and are learning to swim, play rugby and hurling. We also love food, growing vegetables in our garden and cooking and baking as much as possible.
  
  This is an opportunity for someone who is happy in a rural location and likes children and animals. Midleton is a lovely market town 15 minutes by bus and Youghal is a lovely sea side town also 15 minutes by bus from Killeagh.
  
  No smokers, no drug users.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We would love to learn about your culture, as food is important to us, we would love to share and learn about food culture and try out recipes local to each others countries. We would offer exposure to animals and education on how we look after them. We would offer exposure to the English and Irish languages (if interested) both in conversations and through play. We would be happy for you to join us in sports activities such as hurling and rugby for the boys. We would love to share our knowledge about Irish culture, the community and the locality.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We have a number of projects that that we're looking to complete around our garden, fields and stable yard. We would love to share our skills in vegetable gardening, composting, grass management and easy DIY to work along side you and learn from your skills in these areas too.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  We would love to help you develop your English language skills and for you to expose us and our boys to your local language.
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  Accommodation

  We will provide a private room within our house with beautiful views over the East Cork countryside down to the sea and Youghal bay.
  
  All food will be provided. We home cook all our meals and we would hope that you would join us for breakfast, lunch and dinner as a family. Our food is a mixture of traditional Irish with influences from other cultures around the world. We always love to try new ideas and would be excited to try recipies form your culture and/or cook together. We aren't vegetarian or vegan but we do love cooking that food on occasion and are happy accommodation different dietary requirements.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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