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☆☆☆ We host people for one or two weeks only ☆☆☆
☆☆☆ We are hoping our profile will appeal to people taking some time away from their jobs/working life to come and work alonside us and enjoy being in the countryside.☆☆☆
We are located close the scenic Nire Valley, West Waterford. We own a cottage and small holding on an acre of land in the middle of the family farm.
We are looking for individuals to help work alongside us, people that have reasonable English, who are easy going, friendly, relaxed that will fit in to our little family.
We are Mary, Eddy, & Pip and Daisy.
Pip is a Yorkshire Terrier Cross, Daisy is a Jack Russell. Both are a very important part of our family. Pip and Daisy live in our family home so you need to like dogs.
We have seven outdoor cats, Marley, Blackie, Cathy, Izzy & Nelly, Kitty & Bougie, we have free range chickens & geese. We keep bee's on our Allottment. The live in the run with our Geese.
If you have allergies to any of the animals listed on our property, please do not apply.
If you like to cook, we would welcome anything you would like to contribute to the family. We keep the pantry well stocked.
We cannot host people who have a diet that is Vegan, Gluten Free or diets with allergies where alternative food needs to be bought. We simply cannot afford them.
A bit about me, Mary. I am an animal lover who loves long walks, you are welcome to join me. I love pottering around with different jobs on our property. I really enjoy tending to our vegetables and flowers that we grow. I love baking bread, cakes, scones and savoury dishes. If you would like to try some traditional Irish food I'm very happy to bake and cook those meals for you to try. I love cooking both meat and vegetarian meals. I love to camp in the summer in the mountains and by the sea, you are welcome to join me, I have two pop up tents.
A bit about Eddy. Eddy loves rugby, football, F1 & Moto GP. He will turn his hand to anything. Eddy always has some project or two on the go. He is fantastic at DIY & upcycling. He is great at teaching people who wish to learn these kind of skills. Eddy sometimes makes his own homebrew ALES which we to consume at home. Every summer Eddy likes to go sea fishing from local Piers, we have spare rods for anyone wishing to join us.
Pip and Daisy are very energetic and enjoy long walks every day. They will demand tickles and belly rubs on a daily basis. You will never be asked to walk the dogs but you are always welcome to join our walks.
We love meeting people from other countries and cultures. We love sharing our culture with people and learning new things from our Workawayers about their countries, traditions and lives.
If you do smoke, we would ask that you smoke outside.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
People who come from a city/town back ground will find it different living with us in the country lifestyle. They will learn skills looking after and allottment learning skills such as mowing, strimming, big and small scale weeding.
Help
People will help approx 4 to 5 hours a day. We do things in a relaxed chilled out pace with plenty of tea breaks.
While staying with us, we all do our bit to help with the daily household chores.
We need help with simple gardening such as weeding flower beds, watering & mowing grass. We will need help with planting vegetables, looking after them as they grow, watering & weeding, harvesting, blanching and pickling vegetables ready to store at home for our consumption throughout the year. We also need help with the general upkeep of the allottment and garden.
If the weather is very hot we work early morning and then we work late in the afternoon avoiding the heat of the midday sun between 11-3.
A few times a year we need help with making homemade ale from natural grain, making chutney and Jam from our fruit trees and raspberry bushes. All the homemade ale, jams and chutneys we make here is for consumption here at home only.
You will have your own room in our home. We provide all your meals and access to WIFI in exchange for your help.
You do not need to have experience or certain skills, just enthusiasm and a willingness to turn your hand to anything.
What we love most about Workaway is the cultural exchange with people who choose to come to us and share with them opportunities to learn new skills.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
You will have your own double room in the family home, a newly refurbished 200 year old cottage. You will be treated as part of the family.
What else ...
There are public transport links from our village to local towns of Clonmel and Dungarvan.
People can travel by bus to most citys in Ireland from Clonmel and Dungarvan. We are happy to help you plan any trips you would like to take on days off. You are also welcome to stay at our house on days off.
People can go walking locally in the woods and on the country roads. People can walk on the local mountains, the Comeraghs and the Knockmealdowns.
Waterford Greenway is just over 20 miles from our house. Clonea Strand and Ardmore are 25 miles away. The Rock of Cashel is 25 miles away. Cahir Castle is 15 miles away.
GETTING TO US:
JJ KAVANAGH BUS
- this bus goes to clonmel from Dublin Airport or Dublin city. Get off the Showgrounds opposite the Army Barracks.
BUS EIREANN
- to get to Clonmel from Dublin Airport you need to get the Dublin to Cork bus. Get off in Cahir and get on the Limerick to Waterford bus and get off at Clonmel Train Station.
If your Travelling from any other town or city, Bus Eireann is the company that will get you to Clonmel.
You can get your travel insurance through the Workaway site.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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We say all the above as Toly has a fantastic work ethic, he is enthusiastic and had a willingness to learn and gave 100% while working on the… read more
A bit about our time together and why we say the above. Héloïse has a fantastic work ethic, she worked well alongside us and on her own. Héloïse helped us… read more
I worked with Eddy and we had a lot of fun and laughter. He is very good at explaining and doesn't let them do any work he… read more
A bit about our time together and why we say the above. Lennard fit in to our family home and our way of life from the day he arrived.… read more
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We say all the above as Toly has a fantastic work ethic, he is enthusiastic and had a willingness to learn and gave 100% while working on the… read more
A bit about our time together and why we say the above. Héloïse has a fantastic work ethic, she worked well alongside us and on her own. Héloïse helped us… read more
I worked with Eddy and we had a lot of fun and laughter. He is very good at explaining and doesn't let them do any work he… read more
A bit about our time together and why we say the above. Lennard fit in to our family home and our way of life from the day he arrived.… read more
Malcom helped us to strip old paint from gates and re-paint them. He helped to bring home our turf for winter and store it. Malcom helped with all the jobs we had in the garden and allottment. He has a… read more
Eddy and Mary feels young at heart and you can talk about whatever you want with them.
I was mostly working on their… read more
Jenny has a fantastic work ethic. Our project while she was here, stripping, sanding and painting gates. From day one she threw herself into the job… read more
These two weeks were very rewarding, I learned a lot of new things. I helped to do lots of different things… read more
Camille fit in to our family and our way of life from day one. Our dogs simply adored her. Camille has a wonderful way with animals.
Camille has a… read more
I felt so welcomed into their home and they went above and beyond to make me feel comfortable. I am so very thankful to the support and appreciation that they showed me! It really… read more
Kaylee has a fantastic work ethic, she is fun to work along side, she is enthusiastic and had a willingness for all the jobs we worked on here during… read more
They are a beautiful family and they are very nice and friendly, they are pure and kind souls and very genuine.
I immediately felt like a part of their family from the first few… read more
Giulia was wonderful to work alongside and work on a job by herself, she has a fantastic work ethic, she is… read more
Hanna has a fantastic work ethic, she is enthusiastic and had a willingness for all the jobs we worked on together here.
Hanna fit in to our family… read more
I have learned a few new skills thanks to Mary and Eddy and the jobs that had to be done. The jobs were very interesting, diverse and a lot of fun especially… read more
Toni is enthusiastic, fantastic work ethic and he has a willingness and enthusiasm to learn. Toni has a great sence of humour, so so easy to live with… read more
They instantly made me feel right at home and part of the family, even though I'm usually quite shy.
They took me on day trips, great walks with Daisy, Pip and Sam, and so many other things :D
The work wasn't too difficult and made very enjoyable… read more
Dasha is everything you could look for in a Workawayer. She has a fantastic work ethic, quick to pick things up, easy to get on with, a joy to live… read more
If Sinead applies to come to you, accept her application quickly before another host gets in there before you.
Sinead is everything you could look for in a Workawayer. She has a fantastic work ethic. She is fantastic to work beside but also on her own.… read more
Brandon was fantastic help. He worked really well with me, his work was excellent.
We found Brandon to be very interesting, chatty, happy young man. Over the weeks he was Workingaway at my mates farm, I often met him when out walking and he… read more
This was our first time having two Workawayers and it worked out so so well. They both settled in straight away to our home and our… read more
Giovanni was an outstanding Workawayer. He was very hard working, he was quick to learn and very willing to learn new skills. He helped us to lay concrete foundations and build brick built/block work raised beds. Every day Giovanni was… read more
Arthur is so relaxed, fun and a go with the flow guy. Arthur fitted in with us from day 1. He has a fantastic work ethic and was willing to work on any task we needed help with on our allottment and in our house. He was… read more
Janina is a very caring, kind, thoughtful, very chatty and lovely young woman. She fitted in to our home from day one. Janina was willing and undertook every task with a great attitude and always with a smile.
Janina helped us with the day to day… read more
Will is a really great guy and from the point of collecting him from the bus and sitting in the car on the journey home, I instantly knew we were in for a fantastic two weeks and I was not wrong.
Will fit into our home and got on so well… read more
Iris has an excellent work ethic. We would highly highly recommend Iris as a Workawayer. She worked really hard while with us. We were very… read more
Eva settled straight into our family. She is an easy going, go with the flow girl with a great sense of humour and good fun to be around.
Eva is an AMAZING cook. She cooked us many delicious vegetarian meals.
Eva came to us to help with putting up our poly tunnel. Eva… read more
I stayed 3 weeks with Mary, Eddy, princess Molly & Mr. Bonkers-Pipysaurus Rex (their lovely dogs).
Mary is the most energetic person you can find, so it's impossible to be bored with her, and her dishes, and scones, and cakes...YUM, it was heaven! And Eddy, well, I could… read more
Lorena loves working outdoors, she helped us with big jobs getting stuck in to the prepartion & digging of the ground to plant 2 whitethorn hedges, planting fruit trees, filling… read more
Mary and Eddys´home… read more
Sandra loved working with… read more
Gaël was more than willing to try new things and worked hard every day on the allotment and was so helpful on big jobs such as digging a drain, turning + bringing home and storing turf.
Gaël fitted in really well to our family. He has a great sense of humour,… read more
I recommend absolutely this… read more
Stephano stayed with us for the month of May and was an exceptional Workawayer and a really nice guy.
Stephano was keen to learn new skills, helpful around the house and allotment. Every task he undertook with a good heart.
We would highly recommend Stephano as a Workawayer.
Kelly fit in to our family straight away and settled really well in to living with us. She was willing to turn her hand to any task and joined in with all jobs that needed to be done.
Kent is an EXCELLENT cook and cooked wonderful meals for us over the month.
All in all Kelly is a lovely girl… read more
I've enjoyed every bit of it and can highly recommend them as great hosts. The work was really easy-going and there have been always enough tea breaks in between, so it wasn't too tiring.
We did great walks, Mary is an amazing cook and the volunteer room is really cozy.
I… read more
Ingvild has excellent English and an excellent work ethic. Ingvild loved working outdoors in the allotment and with our animals. We had great conversation's, great laughs and wonderful walks while Ingvild was… read more
She is enthusiastic and hard working with a fantastic sense of humour and work ethic.
Lina was only with us for two weeks in August, we would have loved her to stay longer. We hope Lina chooses to come back to stay with us again in the future.
Lara enjoyed learning new skills and picked everything up easily. I personally enjoyed baking with Lara. It was a joy to pass on what I have learnt over the years to someone who discovered she enjoyed baking as… read more
I am so glad I got to share… read more
Renato arrived as a Workawayer and left as a friend.
We only have good things to say and we would recommend him as someone who is an exceptional Workawayer and person. He is enthusiastic, adaptable, fun and an easy going guy who fit in to our… read more
