Help with my rewilding project and more near Inchigeelagh/Dunmanway, Ireland

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    Hi, I'm Lizzie and I have a small eco campsite and work part time in disability services. I don't need help with my business.

    I'm rewilding the land and managing two wildflower meadows.

    I have two old pigs, keep bees, and a couple of dogs. It's a very peaceful and quiet place surrounded by beautiful nature and wildlife. There is a lot to do for one person so I would appreciate some help with various jobs like my vegetable polytunnel, clearing, weeding, landscaping, help with the animals (including bees), some DIY building/carpentry projects, bicycle maintenance etc.

    I am quite remote (13km from Dunmanway) but I have a bicycle you can borrow, or I can give lifts into town when I am going to work, or if you feel comfortable to hitch hike it is fairly common and safe to do around west Cork. There is 4G mobile signal in the area but there's only limited internet access at my place.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    I have a lot of different kind of experiences to share with people including farming, organic, permaculture, community living, animal care, beekeeping, traveling, biology and conservation volunteering and art and literature.

  • Help

    Help

    Gardening (in the vegetable polytunnel and weeding flower beds etc)
    Clearing overgrown areas of brambles etc
    Building projects
    Animal care
    Cleaning
    Bicycle maintenance
    DIY
    Volunteers must be 21 or over

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    French: Intermediate
    Dutch: Intermediate
    Italian: Beginner

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    There is a caravan for workawayers which is suitable for couples or friends travelling together. The food is mostly vegan, partly vegetarian. There is a kitchen you can use either in the caravan or if it's not busy, the campsite kitchen, but we can sometimes share meals together. There's a shower and a compost toilet.
    Please note it can be wet, cold and muddy so bring appropriate clothing and gear. I encourage wildlife so I don't use poisons etc here but that means there can be less desirable things like insects. In early summer there are a lot of midges in the evenings!

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    I am (by car) 10 mins from Inchigeelagh and Dunmanway, 25 mins from Macroom, 30 mins from Bantry, 40 mins from Clonakilty, Glengarriff and Skibbereen and 50 mins from Cork city, Kinsale and Killarney. The countryside is beautiful around here with mountains, lakes, rivers and the sea all fairly close. We are close to the beautiful West Cork peninsulas - Mizen Head, Sheep's Head and the Beara Peninsula. We are also close to the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking area) around Ballingeary.
    Public transport is limited - there are buses to Dunmanway and Macroom.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    I am happy to host people with pets, we can discuss more on application to make sure everyone will get on okay.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

Host ref number: 131767876478

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