Two young boys are sitting at a table eating, with a bowl of food in front of them. The table is set with a white tablecloth and there are two chairs.

Help a friendly family with kids and daily life in Cork, Ireland

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: 1 month or more

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a busy family of four. Igor works full time in the large hospital 15 minutes from our home. Joanna works from home 5 days a week. We like to keep busy with our horses and dogs. Competing and breeding both. Our house is at the start of the Wild Atlantic Way coastline drive, it is a great starting point for exploring West Cork, Cork City, and Kerry. We live in a large house in the country, we have a private garden surrounded by fields for the horses. We are 10 minute drive from Kinsale, Co Cork and 15 minutes from Cork city centre.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Language practice
    Babysitting and creative play
    Help around the house
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We live 15 minutes drive from Cork City centre, 15 minutes drive from the beautiful seaside town of Kinsale. Kinsale is steeped in history with Charles Fort, James Fort and the Old Head of Kinsale. It is a very multicultural tourist town. We travel for horse shows twice or three times a month, and attend large international shows during the year.

  • Au pair

    Au Pair Help

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  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

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

  • Help

    Help

    We are a family of four, our two boys are 4 and 2. We are looking for a Dutch speaker to come stay with us from June 2025 for 3 months. We are a busy house that includes 5 horses and 4 dogs.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Dutch: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Double ensuite bedroom for your sole use. We provide use of a car for the au pair to collect the boys and bring them to activities. We live in a large 5 bedroom house in the countryside with a large private garden.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    The au pair would need to available from 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday to assist with minding the boys. Evenings would be free and weekends. We would ask for some weekend evening babysitting, up to 2 nights per month.

  • 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

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

Host ref number: 519535865391

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