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We are Dermot and Linda.
We live in a little village called Crookhaven, in the most south westerly point in Ireland, near Mizen Head Co. Cork. We are a blended family of 5, with three daughters, Katie 25, Alex 22, and Angela 6.
We live in a pub in the heart of the village with our own pier, garden staff accommodation, and apartments. We have our own kayaks, bicycles and most of the year go fishing in Der's father’s fishing boat, often going over to the neighbouring villages and islands. We have 3 dogs, all a variety. In addition to running 2 bars, a restaurant and a little shop in the village we have some livestock that I help my dad Billy with.
We can cook well, and the house is very sociable with friends dropping in and meals shared. You will be made feel very welcome. We can’t understate how beautiful the environs are, it’s very special. Der's mother came from England on holidays is the 60’s met his father and stayed!
The reason we would like to host workaways is we have plenty of time and space to host workaways. The accommodation is dorm rooms over the bar. Der has worked in France and speaks fluent French, Linda speaks very basic Spanish, over the years friends and family friends from The Basque Country, America England Germany have experienced this very special place making friends for life.
The type of help we need is help in our house, cleaning, painting, gardening and possibly cooking and a little childcare for Angela, our youngest.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
An interesting spot for history, in Crookhaven Marconi sent his first trans-Atlantic radio signal from Brow Head, and the latest Star Wars film was shot there also. Our chef is an expert on the local pre-historic sites, giving you insight on our wedge tombs and stone circles in the locality.
If workaways are interested they can get cookery lessons in desserts from the chef in the bar, and get involved in cinema night, on Monday night where locals choose to showcase movies, either foreign or mainstream movies.
I have a keen interest in bird and nature watching as have my local friends and there are every day opportunities for bird and mammal watching in the locality. We hope to offer a very warm insight in our way of life and become life-long friends
Au Pair Help
This host has let us know they’ll be complying with Irish regulations for au pair stays.here
Help
We need some childcare cleaning possibly painting and gardening. Need support at home when we are working this summer, keeping it clean and possibly the odd hour in childcare
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: 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
Dorm room over the bar
What else ...
Fishing, Hiking, Surfing Cycling Kayaking all free and resourced on site. There are beautiful hikes through pre-historic sites, wedge tombs stone circles etc. All local and no need for a car! Wildlife buffs will enjoy the seals, porpoise dolphin and whale watching available, and the spot is popular for birdwatchers. Bikes are available for workaways. Local large towns of note are Bantry and Schull. Buses leave from Goleen to Cork daily.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a bar that has Wifi, that the accommodation us based over!!
Space for parking camper vans
We live in a small village with an outside toilet, that might help and near us somewhere to park in our pretty village next to the sea.
Can possibly accept pets
Dogs
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Dolly
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Linda and Der made me feel welcome and I quickly felt at home with them.
As well as with the beautiful community of Crookhaven, I've enjoyed being part of it for 5 weeks.
The work is clearly explained and very diverse, you will for sure acquire a lot of… read more
I had such a great time staying with Linda and Der.
The two but also everyone else there is so welcoming and nice that I felt like part of the village after a short span of time and met so many lovely people!
The work was fun, we did various things, like… read more
You will not regret choosing this wonderful place. You will be warmly welcomed into the family and community here. I had fun painting, gardening and helping out around the property. The food is delicious--you will enjoy plenty of soups, salads and sandwiches as well as try some… read more
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Linda and Der made me feel welcome and I quickly felt at home with them.
As well as with the beautiful community of Crookhaven, I've enjoyed being part of it for 5 weeks.
The work is clearly explained and very diverse, you will for sure acquire a lot of… read more
I had such a great time staying with Linda and Der.
The two but also everyone else there is so welcoming and nice that I felt like part of the village after a short span of time and met so many lovely people!
The work was fun, we did various things, like… read more
You will not regret choosing this wonderful place. You will be warmly welcomed into the family and community here. I had fun painting, gardening and helping out around the property. The food is delicious--you will enjoy plenty of soups, salads and sandwiches as well as try some… read more
The work was different every day. The fact that the schedule are continuous allows you to have a lot of free time.
Crookhaven and the surrounding are stunning so you can really enjoy your free time.
Even the food was incredible (especially the… read more
The job is not… read more
Guillaume and I have been back in France for 1 month and I forgot to send you a message. Thank you very much for this exchange. You and your team are wonderful. The two funniest French people highly recommend Der and Linda to be your hosts. We hope to see you as soon as possible.
Thank you again for this month and we hope… read more
Lovely village, with lovely people. Specially the family! I fell in love with them all right away.
They welcomed me very friendly and open from the beginning on.
I'm so glad that I chose this place to work at.
I worked in the kitchen of the their Bar for 2 months with the great head chef Manuela, I learned a… read more
Linda usually send the tasks first time in the morning so we can organise the work, which was from 10 to 14. The tasks were easy,… read more
Linda and Der are incredible people and very welcoming since first minute.
I can’t wait to… read more
Since the moment of the departure we've been dreaming to… read more
First off, the incredible landscape of the Mizen Peninsula you will never get bored of.… read more
The landscape is beautiful (since our room we have a see in the… read more
The work was not hard at all, I felt very free and happy in… read more
Crookhaven is a beautiful village and everyone is very friendly. Dermot dogs are amazing animals, especially… read more
I never got enough from the landscape around me. When you… read more
