Join our creative family in Bantry, West Cork, Ireland

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  Description

  We are a family of five living in beautiful Bantry, west Cork. We have a busy household with three children and a dog as well as running a small business in town. We have two daughters, Annie May aged 10 and Kim aged 6, and their baby brother Fiach who is 5 months old. Mark is an illustrator/designer and I am an architect and we run a drawing studio in a shop Bantry where we hold drawing classes and creative activities for adults and children. We would love to host a Workaway who would like to help at home and minding the children while we manage work and creative activities at Work Shop. We live within easy walking distance of Bantry town.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house
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  Interests

  

  Sustainability

  

  Politics / Social justice

  

  Pets

  

  Events & social

  

  Culture

  

  Animals

  

  Music

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Books

  

  Art & design

  

  Architecture

  

  Sailing / Boating

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Nature

  

  Camping
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are a friendly and interesting household offering opportunity for cultural exchange through music, design, and art. Our children speak Irish at school so you might learn a little of that too! There is also an opportunity to participate in classes or creative activities at our drawing studio Work Shop if you’re interested in design and art.
  
  We also know plenty of people in Bantry that you could meet, and there is a big busy market on a Friday offering lots of opportunities for cultural exchange. Bantry has pubs with live music, cafes and restaurants, shops and a great local library. Other local amenities include a mobile sauna at the weekends, sea swimming and nice walks.

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  Au Pair Help

  This host has let us know they’ll be complying with Irish regulations for au pair stays.here

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  Projects involving children

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

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  Help

  We would like help with general tasks around the house, some babysitting and school pick ups, walks with the baby or our lively dog Nettle.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Irish: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  Our children go to Gaelscoil and could teach you some Irish!
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  Accommodation

  We have a spare room with double bed and an en suite.
  
  We will offer all meals with our family.

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  What else ...

  Bantry is a busy town with lots of amenities and a great base to explore wilder parts of West Cork and the Wild Atlantic Way. It is connected by bus to lots of smaller local villages and also to Cork City.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

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

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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