Stephen

Travel information

I am currently

Description

Dia duit/ Hey/ Salut/ Che/ Oí!
My name is Stiofán (Irish) or Stephen, I'm Irish and I'm 32 years old.

I am a Spanish language teacher in Galway, Ireland (Nov 2020 - June 2025) and I am currently on a career break and looking to explore the world!

For my first Workaway experience I was fortunate enough to be a Tour Guide in the San Blas islands/ Kuna Yala with San Blas Adventures in both Panamá and Colombia from April 2019 until March 2020. It was such an incr

I studied a degree in Applied Languages (Irish/ Spanish/ French with some TEFL) in the University of Limerick and have a Masters of Education in Spanish and French.

I love to make people laugh, learn different languages and play a few tunes with my guitar or ukelele to get the crowd going. Also love a bit of freestyle or Irish céilí dancing, tis the best craic (Irish word for fun, not the other stuff)!

I wanna try and meet as many people as possible during my trip as what is a true journey without new friends and I'm more than happy to share my life experience, humour and skills with just about anyone who's interested.

¡Viva la Vida!

Interests

Events & social

Culture

Charity work

Performing arts

Music

Languages

Books

Outdoor activities

Team sports

Hiking

Dancing

Adventure sports

Languages spoken

English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Irish: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Portuguese: Beginner

Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Charity Work

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Some knowledge of:  

DIY and building projects

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Able to teach about:  

Languages

Teaching

Hospitality/Tourism

More details about your skills

I've been a tour guide in Ireland with my university society, UL International Society, for over 2 years having brought 1000s of students all around Ireland so I've helped to plan, budget, sign-up and lead on over 40 trips with the largest one bringing around 400 students to Dublin for St. Patrick's Day.

I studied Applied Languages (Irish, French, Spanish and a TEFL course) for my Bachelors and then a 2-year post grad to teach French and Spanish. I've taught English in Argentina for 4 months and have experience teaching English, French and Spanish in Ireland.

I've worked in different jobs of construction and landscaping with my Dad and uncles over many years so while I'm not an expert at any one thing, I have some experience with manual labour and some stages of building a house.
I have experience in video editing (iMovie) from doing college assignments and some promo videos for UL International Society.

I also play guitar, sing and do some dancing if that can be included

Age

32

What else ...

One fun fact about me . . . I'm what in Ireland we call a 'pioneer' so I've never drunk alcohol in my life.

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  Nuts, peas and cats

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  Special dietary requirements
  Can't eat any nuts, peas