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29 Sep 2023
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Description
I am a widow that lives mostly on my own. My kids are grown up, One is living at home in a mobile home and my other daughter is in College. Looking for a bit of company for the summer mainly and help around the farm.
We live in an old traditional farmhouse, surrounded by stables and an arena for working horses, a bit of land and a little garden. We have lots of dogs every shape and size with two living in the house.
Family enjoy socialising at home barbecues, family parties. We live in a rural area, close to sea and local towns Clonakilty and Skibbereen and Dunmanway. We enjoy swimming, kayaking, general outdoor life. We spend a lot of summer playing around with horses and dogs and generally horseing around.
The horses and farm are only for pleasure (not a business) so the work will be light upkeep of the garden and farm. Painting, weeding. Very flexible hours etc. The people we are looking for must be up for the craic (fun) and we will have an amazing time!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They could improve language skills (english), learn about Irish culture, museums and pubs locally. No better way to learn about Irish Culture than down in the local pub! Haha
Help
There will be a lot of outdoor work in close proximity to the horses and other animals along with general maintenance of the farm.
Currently we do not have any work directly with horses as it is too risky but there are plenty of opportunities to work around the farm and live with all our animals.
Plenty of time for work and play, but most important must be willing to join in family life as it is.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Irish: Fluent
Accommodation
Live in house with Aoife and dogs. Dogs can be kept out of bedroom if people prefer this and generally bedrooms are kept animal free. Daughter will be home time to time.
What else ...
We are close to rural bus route and can be arranged for lift to bus route.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have bedrooms upstairs in our house that we can set up for online work. They will be quiet and comfortable.
Space for parking camper vans
We have a farm where people can park up qnd sleep in their motor home if they want.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Flexible
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Aoife has a really nice farm house in rural West Cork, where we got to stay in a big room with a private bathroom. She… read more
