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Description
I am a teacher of traditional Irish music and dance. I also own and manage a small cultural centre in rural Ireland. I regularly accommodate visiting groups in my cultural centre that is located next door to my home. I am a good cook and regularly teach people how to cook. You are welcome to join me when I go out socialising with my friends and when I go to town/city. I usually visit Dublin, Cork and Limerick and many local small towns. I take very good care of visiting helpers and make sure they enjoy their time here. There is wifi internet and television.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Workaway helpers will benefit from regular English language lessons. I always help Workaway helpers to improve their English language skills. Also, they will have an opportunity to visit many interesting places ( tourist & non tourist alike ) in Ireland. If they have an interest in learning how to cook, well then,they are coming to the right place. I teach cooking and Workaway helpers are welcome to learn or improve their cooking skills.
Help
I am welcoming one or two helpers to help maintain the house and garden along with some other general maintenance, including painting, window cleaning, chopping wood, hedge cutting and weeding, also cooking if possible.
If the weather is wet you will be asked to help indoors such as house cleaning and helping in the kitchen etc. It is important to know that after one week, if you are not suitable for the type of help here, I will ask you to find an exchange with a different host. Likewise, if you feel the tasks here is not suitable for you, you are free to leave and find another host. Ideally, I am looking for helpers to stay with me for a minimum of one month and possibly longer. I welcome people who are self motivated and enthusiastic, people who 'see' the help that needs to be done here.Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Irish: Fluent
Gaelic (Scottish): Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Russian: IntermediateAccommodation
You will have a very nice comfortable and warm room of your own in my home.
What else ...
My home is situated in the beautiful Glen of Aherlow,County Tipperary, at the foot of the highest inland range of mountains in Ireland (the Galtee Mountains) with spectacular scenery. This area has been voted the best inland destination in which to holiday in Ireland. A great area for hillwalking. Limerick city is only a 45 minute drive from my house. Cork city is a 1hr journey, and Dublin is a two and a half hour journey. There are many castles, dolmens/portal tombs, and places of interest to see near my house.
I am ideally looking for a person who is enthusiastic, motivated and with an outgoing personality.A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours. I ask you to volunteer from 9am until 2pm Monday to Friday.(These helping hours and working days are flexible)
Feedback (11)
Wonderful experience from any point of view!!
Roy is a very kind person, he helped me so much to improve my level of English: he spoke slow and clearly; he showed me how to cook; how to do different kind of works and he took me to visit many places.
The… read more
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Wonderful experience from any point of view!!
Roy is a very kind person, he helped me so much to improve my level of English: he spoke slow and clearly; he showed me how to cook; how to do different kind of works and he took me to visit many places.
The… read more
If you have the opportunity to live with him, just enjoy it and learn as much as you can.
With Roy and his beautiful family I have lived many experiences that I would never have imagined living, after taking stock of my… read more
The work wasn’t hard. During the week I had to do some lightjobs (gardening, painting,…) in the morning and on… read more
Roy is, besides being extraordinarily… read more
On a social level, she has excellent English, good… read more
He's a great teacher of the Irish language and music and I learned a few irish tunes on guitar and tin whistle.
I was well looked… read more
Roy is a teacher of traditional Irish music, his house Is the perfect place for people who want to know the Irish culture. He showed me some cities in Ireland and he brought me at one of the best Irish musical festival.
Roy also helped me with my English! He used to speak… read more
Perfect to learn English. Roy speak slowly and clearly! Every day I learnt new words and expressions...(my english was very very bad before)
The tasks are not too hard and it was the opportunity to meet irish people! (every weekend irish yoga group come)
The landscape are just perfect. The house is in… read more
I enjoyed my stay with Roy very much… read more