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Hi, we are Patricia and Aidan, we are in our 50s and we have two adult children studying in Dublin. We just moved back from France to Ireland to a remote traditional cottage in the West. We have five cats, two rescued cockerels, and four rescued dogs, including a huge gentle pyrénéen mountain dog called Marius and crazy Snoopy who is half Newfoundland and half Collie. You would have to really love animals, especially big dogs! And not be afraid of mucky work!
We are all vegan, don't use chemicals and our spiders stay where they are!
We are setting up a small holding so there is lots of general garden work to do, building raised beds, cutting and trimming trees, clearing a small river, fencing, general repair work. Also help with the animals would be essential.
Aidan works from home and isn't available to help as much as he would like, so help would be really appreciated.
Gardening
Building
General Maintenance
Cooking / shopping
Help with Eco project
Help in the house
Animal care
We can help you with your English and introduce you to Irish culture and vegan cuisine.
Basically, anything that needs doing! Gardening, weeding, cutting trees, building fences, clearing a small river that runs at the end of our field, helping walk the dogs and care for the animals. We are very friendly and relaxed so don't expect you to help more than 3 or 4 hours a day, 4 days a week max (unless you want to do more!!).
We would, of course, expect you to help with all the usual things for day to day living like cooking and tidying and making cups of tea!
English and French
We are currently working on restoring a tiny separate studio where you would have a sink, cooker and bed for somewhat independent accommodation.
We live in one of the most beautiful and unspoilt areas in Ireland in East Clare. Around us is teeming with life; full of birds, deer, foxes, and it is one of the last places in Ireland where pine martens are found. We are quite isolated, our cottage is 1km from the road and the nearest village is 6km away. It would be best if you could drive; then you could borrow our car. Otherwise, we will have a bicycle at your disposal -- but be warned, the roads are narrow with high hedgerows so they are somewhat dangerous. There is no public transport in the local area. The nearest big town is Limerick where there are buses to and from lots of areas around Ireland, including Dublin and Dublin Airport. We can pick you up from Limerick on your arrival.
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
More than two
Maximum 3 or 4 hours a day, 4 days a week
