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Currently we are looking for 1 person to mainly help with child care - experience with children is a must. We live in a very rural location just over an hour south of Dublin. We are a couple (one Irish, one American) with a 10 year old son who is home schooled, 3 dogs, 2 cats and an owl, living on 1 acre in a forest. We also host German foreign exchange students during the school year, which is why we only have room available for the summer. We enjoy getting to know people from other countries. We have been hosting workawayers for a number of years and have found it to be a good experience. Unfortunately, we can only host one person at a time.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We have both traveled for work and pleasure, we are from different countries/cultures/backgrounds and have lived in foreign countries ourselves. We have hosted about 30 workawayers from around the world and enjoy sharing experiences, language, cooking & world views. We have also hosted 8 teenaged German exchange students who stay with us for half or the whole school year. We also have very diverse skills and are happy to share - music, fashion, woodworking, gardening, tea blending, teaching, beer brewing...
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Help
Generally, we are looking for someone to help with minding our young son. You would be with him for 3-4 days per week, often with Colm around whilst he works in his workshop. Fionn is active, imaginative, sensitive and loves the outdoors. Colm is a brewer, musical instrument & furniture maker and drummer and Mico was a fashion designer and now works in tourism. You may also help with some housekeeping, gardening or dog walking. There will also be general bits around the house, as in any family environment. If you like a rural location, we are in a lovely spot for walks and are about 1/2 hour drive to the sea or to the mountains. We are in town a few times each week and you would often be able to go with us. There is limited local public transport, but buses (to Dublin or Wexford) are a 10 minute drive away and we are happy to drop you there. You would generally have Friday through Sunday off . We mostly cook vegetarian meals, with fish or meat as a side dish. We have veggies and meat eaters in the household.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Accommodation
You would have your own room with own bathroom. We have a large house outside of a small village. Non-smoking volunteers only, please.
What else ...
Colm is also a drummer, so music is an important feature in our lives. We are in a very quiet, rural environment, so if you are looking for an interesting social life, you won't find it here. If you are looking for a bit of quiet and relaxation with a nice family in a beautiful part of the countryside, then you may enjoy it here. You will generally have weekends off to relax or travel as you wish.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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It's a very nice and friendly family.
They were flexible, I could visit country during my free time. Mico helped me many time to move inside the country.
I have been lucky to go with them at differents places like the beach, or yet, to visit their Colm family.
It was like if I was from the… read more
Mico is a really inspiring woman and I learned a lot about her world view.
I had the weekends off and Mico or Colm always dropped me to the bus stop, and they gave me advice about where… read more
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It's a very nice and friendly family.
They were flexible, I could visit country during my free time. Mico helped me many time to move inside the country.
I have been lucky to go with them at differents places like the beach, or yet, to visit their Colm family.
It was like if I was from the… read more
Mico is a really inspiring woman and I learned a lot about her world view.
I had the weekends off and Mico or Colm always dropped me to the bus stop, and they gave me advice about where… read more
Wish you all the best!!
I really enjoyed spending time with Fionn. He is one of… read more
The house is in a remote place where I went for walks in a beautiful countryside. At the weekends, Mico and Colm… read more
They had helped me in everything I needed and told me great places to see in Dublin or around Ireland.
Best of… read more
Every day there was something different to do: I mostly took care of Fionn but I also got to work a little bit with tea blending, labeling and packaging.
They are a really nice and interesting family, and Fionn is a lovely toddler with a lot of energy. Mico taught me quite a few things… read more
My only complaints are that the shower was difficult to shave my legs in, and the… read more
Thanks for the lovly time!!!!
