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We live close to the border of Northern Ireland in an amazing area at a short distance from the first Cross Border Global Geo Park in Europe, full of ancient sites and beautiful landscape. We have been growing our own food on our small farm for the past 25 years. We have three major projects on the go, the first one is Self- Sufficiency, every year we get a step closer to becoming independent and we hope to be totally off grid in the next three to four years.The next project is Heritage, and as part of this project we are now breeding Kerry bog ponies which is a rare Irish breed of horses with approximately 450 worldwide. Our three Kerry bog ponies are Misty, Storm and a recent new arrival, our first foal, we are still deciding on a name. We also have one naughty donkey, Hector, We have chickens, which this year have been very busy hatching 14 chicks so far. We have two small dogs Conall,and Sallie, three cats Sparkle, Spirit and Moon. Our third project is Conservation. We have rare butterflies and rare orchids on the farm. In the local area there are also deers, buzzards, peregrines, eagles and much more. We love nature and are very appassionate to learn as much as we can about our environment. We are both part of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland were we go on escursions recording plants and learning about plants, grasses and sedges. We are also connected to Butterfly Conservation due to the rare butterfly we have on our land. Recently Isabella has also been learning about moths and she made the first ever record of a particular species of micro moth in County Cavan. Amongst the many things we do on our farm, we are also involved with the local Tidy Town group to help keep the environment clean and a place we can all enjoy in close relationship with nature. At present we are working on a Biodiversity plan and we are also learning about Sustainability. Our aim is to educate and encourage the local community to take care of their environment and to learn how to work side by side with it by preserving its natural habitat in a Sustainable way. We are Songwriters and love to play music and to exchange stories. Isabella likes to play cards.
Andy is a tourist guide, Isabella is an Artist and a Holistic Therapist. We are vegetarians, although on rare occasions Isabella eats fish.
Occasionally we hold events such as the Maypole dance.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Elderly Companionship
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
Interests
Events & social
Pets
Vegetarian or vegan
Charity work
Farming
Self development
Drawing & painting
Gardening
Photography
Plant care
Music
Art & design
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
There are many benefits from cultural exchange, anything from horticulture, to conservation, heritage, local history, site seeing ancient places, myths and legends, music, healing, art and much more.
Help
We are looking for self-motivated, reliable, and responsible people to come and help us with our projects:
- gardening (we grow our own organic food but we do not sell it so we are not certified)
- conservation project, maintaining high nature value habitat
- Heritage projects
- General help
- collecting and cutting wood, looking after chickens, house cleaning, and much more.
We are looking for people willing to learn the various tasks for running a small farm and be prepared in partaking in all of the tasks.
We prefer people with some skills, but we also welcome people with no experience. We are open to anyone with whatever skills they have to offer.
Please understand, it takes a long time and much effort for us to sieve through who is the best fit to assist us on the farm, if you are the sort of person that change plans whimsically, please do not choose our farm, because your change of plan leaves us with no help and also deprives other workawayers who would have liked to have come to our farm.
We have a small holding and our aim is self-sufficiency.
Self-sufficiency is a way of life, one which we are proud of and we enjoy sharing what we harvest.
We also enjoy sharing with others all we know, may it be gardening, practical skills, our knowledge of herbs and plants, the mythology of Ireland, local history both ancient and modern, music, cooking etc.
We are dedicated to the environment and are very active on conservation on our land and our local community, we are also dedicated to Heritage.
We are looking forward to sharing this experience with you.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Accommodation
A bedroom in the house.
What else ...
In your time off you can visit the local ancient sites, if Andy is available he might be able to come along with you and give you a tour. We have bicycles which our volunteers can use during their free time. There are music festivals in the area.
There is an art centre where you may be able to attend clay workshops and other art workshops or events.
There are buses that will take you to big towns such as Sligo and Enniskillen, but anything else you can travel by bicycle or hitchhiking or taxis. Sometimes we may be able to bring you to some places, but only when we are able to do so.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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She is… read more
We helped around the house, in the Polytunnel, went on walks with the dog and did some other gardening tasks.
Isabella & Andy are very welcoming, I really enjoyed playing cards and music with them… read more
She is welcome to come back to our home anytime. Thank you for all of your help.
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She is… read more
We helped around the house, in the Polytunnel, went on walks with the dog and did some other gardening tasks.
Isabella & Andy are very welcoming, I really enjoyed playing cards and music with them… read more
She is welcome to come back to our home anytime. Thank you for all of your help.
