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Cultural exchange

Join a small sociable family in our home and family life in Galway City, Ireland

Come and share your cultural expertise with us. We are a warm and friendly family and have lot of experience with students and workaways staying with us all year round. You will speak English with us - I (single mother) am the only person in the ......

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Language exchange
House / pet sitting

Help a family on the beautiful island of Inishbofin, Ireland

Hello! We are a family of four living on the lovely island of Inishbofin. We have two bright young boys, aged 11 and 13 years old. Our home is located at the Western end of the island, just around the corner from a pub/restaurant and beside one of ......

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Language exchange

Learn all about life on a farm and stay in the South Kerry coast, Ireland

Hey Everybody! I'm a yoga and English teacher and also trained acupuncturist who runs a farm and a guesthouse here on the South Kerry coast. I have cows and the farm is surrounded by donkeys, horses, sheep etc.

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Au Pair
Cultural exchange

Help a family at home in the countryside near Kilkenny City, Ireland

Hi we live in countryside 5 mins from kilkenny city, bus goes by our door every day!! We have three beautiful girls. A 13-year-old, a 11 year old and a 9year old. We love sports as a family and attend matches etc! We also live on a farm! We have ......

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Language exchange
Cultural exchange

Pet sitting in scenic and nature-filled Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland

Please make sure you read my entire profile for the "secret phrase" All messages in English only please. Next availablity January 2027 I live in Ennis, a lovely town that is the gateway to the scenic, nature-filled mid-west of Ireland. Ennis is ......

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Cultural exchange

Join our family and daily life in Killarney, Ireland

Hi, my wife Caroline and I Brian live with our two kids, Oisin 20yrs and Annie 15yrs. We have a busy household with Dogs, cats and horses to be looked after. We live in a quiet country area a 10 minute walk to public transport, killarney is 20 ......

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Cultural exchange

Join us in the outdoors in Co. Clare, Ireland

We are a family of four (Mom and three kids, 12,13,16), living in the quiet countryside of the west of Ireland. We have a small polytunnel, raised beds, a big garden and 6 dogs. we try to live as environmentally friendly as we can. Helpers will be ......

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Sustainable project

Help to prepare a sailing cargo and humanitarian NGO in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland

We are an intentional international sailing collective and charity working toward a cleaner, fairer ocean. Our ship—a 50m traditionally rigged steel sailing vessel—is newly joining our organisation and currently undergoing preparation for upcoming ......

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Cultural exchange

Join us in our garden in beautiful Wicklow, Ireland

Stay with our large family in the beautiful Wicklow countryside and help us in our four acre wild walled gardens. We have chickens, ducks, geese , goats, dogs and cats.

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Au Pair
Cultural exchange

Join our family home in Spanish Point, on the beautiful rural West Coast of Ireland

Hi, thankyou for taking the time to read our profile 😀 We have current availability for 2 seperate roles. Our main role is in the overall description below of family home help support. As an extra role over the summer months we also have a ......

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Language exchange
Cultural exchange

Welcome to our home on the outskirts of a town in County Mayo, Ireland

Last Minute! We will be doing some gardening starting on the weekend Friday 19th June if you want to make a weekend of it or come for a longer stay if you prefer. If you already have some prior experience of gardening...please don't delay! We ......

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Sustainable project
Language exchange

Busy life on an historic and diverse setting in Co Kildare, Ireland

16th June 2026. we are looking for and individual /couple from 15th July, to help out generally with gardening etc. Must be physically fit and practical. We are living on a biodiverse estate just one hour by bus from Dublin in the foothills of the ......

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Cultural exchange

Learn new skills with our family in Galway, Ireland

Temporary Immediate Position between now and September - we are painting and cleaning my original home near Lough Derg in Ballina-Killaloe, Co. Tipperary. We will be up and down between the 2 houses between now and July, then more often there. We ......

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Cultural exchange

Stay with a herbalist in Tipperary, Ireland

I am a busy working Herbalist & Yoga Teacher, living in a rural location on half acre of land. I have one son 20 years and a 🐕 who lives inside. My son is studying film at university. The house is a renovated old cottage using many sustainable ......

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Au Pair
Language exchange

Welcoming Irish family awaits you in Raheny, Dublin Ireland

Workaway: short term needed from asap until 5th July 2025. We are an energetic fun family, 3 kids - girl 7, boys 9 and 10. Need someone to help with light daily housework, collect from school, bring to after school activities along with homework. ......

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House / pet sitting
Cultural exchange

A peaceful, cosy studio with a lovely garden space just for you, Ireland

Looking for a peaceful escape? I’m looking for a trustworthy, nature-loving couple to house-sit my small, cosy studio while I'm away. The studio is tucked away in one of Ireland’s most stunning mountain landscapes — surrounded by nature, with a ......

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Au Pair
Cultural exchange

Join us with daily life and a little babysitting in Dublin, Ireland

Please only contact me if you are over 25. I really only take younger folks who come from a rural or farming background. Hi We are are a creative, outgoing, adventurous, sociable family of 1 mama and 3 kids living in Dublin I, Catherine, am the ......

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Sustainable project
House / pet sitting

Help with some tasks around our home and gardens near the Forest in County Kildare, rural Ireland

I am a middle aged man, widower of 9years. I live in county Kildare, about 40 minutes from Dublin, in rural Ireland on a farm, with a 20 year old forest. The house is quite secluded, down a long country avenue. Farm and forest adjoins bog of Allen. ......

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Ireland

Language exchange
Cultural exchange

Help me with fun home projects and language exchange in Carrigaline, Ireland

Hi! I’m a busy mum living in Carrigaline, Co. Cork with my son and daughter 9 and 11 . Family life here is full of board games, chats around the kitchen table, beach walks, BBQs when the weather behaves, and trying to create a warm, welcoming home. ......

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House / pet sitting
Cultural exchange

Cat sitting and gardening in my cottage in Collinstown, Ireland

June - July 14 Couple/Two People ONLY - please do not ask if you are on your own. The tasks are for two and I do not leave people on their own while I travel. Gardening, and home projects, organising and cleaning Must love cats - I have four that ......

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Help us to build a self-sufficient place outside Sligo in Northwest Ireland

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Be part of the team on a small farm near Lanseria, South Africa

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Italy

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Help our association with 4 horses to care of near S.Gimignano and Florence, Italy

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India

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Experience artist in village life in Sikkim, India

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Versatile interested family seeks helping hand and offers family life near the Black Forest, Germany