Help out around our place nestled under the shadow of Benbulben mountain range in Sligo, Ireland

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We are a young family living on a working suckler farm in the Northwest of Ireland; nestled under the shadow of Benbulben mountain range and between Sligo Town and Rosses Point. We need help with cutting timber,wood, fencing and small farm tasks...
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Práctica de idiomas
Jardinería
Cuidado de animales
Ayuda en una granja
Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
English language practice; my wife is a fluent French speaker, exploring the beautiful landscape of Sligo, easy access to Sligo Town and it’s environs. You would be staying as a guest in our home treated like one of our family working on the project of our life
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Ayuda
Help with cutting wood, timber, fencing, small farming tasks... It depends on the travellers, we have four small children and a very busy household so any help is gratefully accepted
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Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Francés: Fluido
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Alojamiento
King sized ensuite room
Algo más...
Lissadell House, Rosses Point, Strandhill, Grange, surfing, open sea swimming, sailing, horse riding, Explore the countryside of WB Yeats
Un poco más de información
- Acceso a Internet
- Acceso a Internet limitado
- Tenemos animales
- Somos fumadores
- Puede alojar familias
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
Loads of space in our yard and farm to park...
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Maximum 4 hours a day, 5 days a week

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25/05/2022

Dejado por el workawayer (Hildegard) para el anfitrión

During the Easter vacations I spent 16 wonderful days with my 10 year old daughter with this lovely and busy family near Sligo. It was our first workaway experience and our first trip to Ireland, and now we have got new members of - our already international - family in Ireland as well.
I helped wherever I could, in the garden, around the house,… read more with the kids, on the farm, and even one night I assisted the birth of a calf.
Carol is a great cook and indulged us with fresh homemade scones and lovely dishes. She even noticed in the first few days that I liked yogurt for breakfast and to drink sparkling water and from then on there was always yogurt in the fridge and sparkling water at home. Since we were interested in a cultural exchange, I also cooked and baked typical Italian and German dishes.
Carol and Henry are very open hosts and you can tell they have traveled a lot and have great experience with foreign workers in their beautiful, modern, and very comfortable house. For this reason they are very open-minded, helpful and sociable. They let us - whenever possible - get to know the region around Sligo on great walks and Carol also taught us a lot of Irish history. On Sundays we went to church together and our daughter even got the chance of playing the church organ.... We also visited grandparents from both sides who are as welcoming as Carol and Henry and treated our daughter like a grandchild.
Carol and Henry have a very fine sense of humor and we got along very well. There were always enough breaks between the work and Carol never forgot to offer tea.
I enjoyed our conversations and I learned a lot about the Irish school system and prehistoric sights.
The 4 children are also super welcoming.
We enjoyed spending time with all four of them
Whether it was pulling weeds, planting hedges, mucking out the barn, putting in the fence, cleaning horses, collecting eggs (chocolate Easter eggs and real ones), baking apple pie, making giant soap bubbles, reading aloud, painting, jumping on the trampoline, watching movies,....
But the best was that I got to teach William how to ride a bike. I had promised him on the first weekend that we could do it together and 2 days before we left he was riding his bike like a world champion!
We will NEVER forget our time with this particularly warm and open-hearted family and are already looking forward to a return visit here in Germany or further stays with them in Ireland.

(Excelente )

09/05/2022

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Hildegard)

Hildegard and Elisabetta joined our family on the Thursday of the Easter holidays. I needed to be in Dublin for the weekend and so Hildegard organised that she could come early to be with the family for the weekend. When I arrived home from work on Thursday, they had already arrived. Elisabetta was already outside in the garden with our oldest two… read more children playing Gaelic football and getting to know them. Inside, Hildegard had helped with dinner and was in the middle of organising the toy cupboard which had been organised since it was put in place. This was the birth of a beautiful friendship between our families which I hope will continue for many years to come.
Hildegard and Elisabetta were good for our souls. We are all wrecked. It had been a long, tough spring. The weather was starting to get nice and Hildegard immediately set about to working in the garden, planting trees and weeding. She helped with the kids, getting up the middle of the night with our youngest son when he was sick and teaching him Italian when he was better. She taught me how to cook a number of Italian dishes, including focaccia, homemade pasta and pizzas.
In addition, her help was invaluable on the farm. She assisted at the birth of a calf which was difficult due to underlying pre calving issue. She also help looking after a horse who had a sore on his leg. She brought not only her physical help but also an in-depth knowledge of animal husbandry and medical care.
Elisabetta is a beautiful little girl. She is talented, fluent in English, German and Italian. She is creative and fun loving. She was a joy to have in the house. The kids really embraced her and she became an integral part of our family.
This stay was over the Easter holidays. Not only was Hildegard and Elisabetta involved in family Easter egg hunts, they were also involved in a charity Easter egg hunt for newly arrived Ukrainians to our area. Hildegard made huge bubbles attracting the children and adults to the event while Elisabetta painted rocks and entertained the children who attended. In addition, Hildegard added to the celebrations not only with culinary delights such as traditional German and Italian food, but also lots of fun, frolics and friendship.
Hildegard and Elisabetta didn’t just become part of our family they also became part of the wider community. From the local parish priest (which is a very Irish thing) to my own parents and all the neighbours who regularly call into our house everyone became a fan of Hildegard and Elisabetta. We were heartbroken to see them heading off into the sunshine and back to Germany, we are looking forward to having them back in Sligo sooner rather than later. There are not enough words to express how positive our experience was with them joining our family.

(Excelente )

04/02/2022

Dejado por el workawayer (Eleanor) para el anfitrión

I stayed with this family for four months and at first I didn't plan on staying that long but they made me feel like I was part of the family. It was my first workaway experience and it was hard to leave them because I took every member of the family into my heart!

My main tasks were doing chores, cooking, minding the kids, helping them with… read more homework, walking the dog (Oscar) and helping on the farm.

Carol and Henry are very open-minded, friendly and loving parents to their children. They made so much possible for me, like Fiddle lessons which I really enjoyed, to make sure that I get the best Irish experiences possible. Also, they were always trying to connect me to others and I got a job through their contacts, where I met lots of amazing people. Moreover, they wanted to show me the region and on Sundays we visited beautiful places, went on great walks to one of the beaches nearby and met with the rest of the incredibly loving family members, who I also fell in love with.

Carol is a talented, ambitious, helpful, thoughtful, understanding, disciplined, humorous, caring and talkative person with an open heart and I enjoyed our conversations. She gave me the feeling of a mother because she wanted me to feel at home. I learned a lot from her, like baking and cooking, or through our conversations about any topic and she tried to always correct my language which was very helpful to improve my English.

Henry also is very talkative, open-minded and he loves to make jokes, so we had lots of funny conversations and he was always eager to show and teach me things all around the farm . I even drove the tractor and had great new experiences which I couldn't have had without him. He is knowledgeable about cattle and I usually helped him on Tuesdays and Saturdays where I learned a lot.

Their four children Thomas, Jessica, William and Robert couldn't have been more welcoming and loving towards me! It felt like they were and still are my brothers and sisters and they were eager to show me their home and the surrounding area. I learned a lot about Irish culture and language as Thomas and Jessica were teaching me Irish. The children and I cooked and baked together, played funny games, went for walks and runs, jumped on the trampolin, drew, watched movies and made music together. I helped the 3 older kids with preparing for school and their homework. Every Tuesday, I minded Robert, the youngest, when we went on walks with the dog, cycled to Rosses Point or were outside on the farm. Thomas already is a very helpful hand on the farm and we sometimes worked with Henry on building fences or moving cattle and I even saw cows calving. Jessica and I shared many interests, like drawing, baking, singing and running. I really enjoyed talking to her and we laughed a lot. I also loved reading stories to William and Robert in the evenings and the two of them are such heart-warming boys. I already miss the whole family so much and I am so happy to have met them and to have had many experiences that will assist me in the future.

To this day we share memories and pictures and I already am so excited to see them again some time!

(Excelente )

05/01/2022

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Eleanor)

The girl who made us as a family fall in love with Feta cheese and salad… lots of salad. Eleanor (Elli) Rech became part of our family in September 2020, just as our children were going back to school and as our cows were beginning to calve. While she lived and worked with our family and on our farm, she also secured off farm work as a barista and… read more a waitress in a local café, endearing herself to all the locals. She got to know most of the population of our little rural seaside village and all of the different characters who routinely call into our family home (Covid 19 notwithstanding). She was equally excited to see her family when they arrived after Christmas.

Elli proved herself to be friendly, kind and caring. She has excellent interpersonal skills which will serve her well. She keeps a daily diary of all the comings and goings of her life, her workaway adventure and much more. She quickly gathered a large group of friends (both her own age and much older around her); she enjoyed socialising with these friends. She trekked in the local area, eager to explore new places and experiences. She made some very fast friends with a number of girls, and we are pleased to learn that one of these girls is joining her on her next workaway experience. We were very impressed with her ability to include other new friends into her large gang of ‘newly acquainted’, including a Spanish au pair who arrived in Sligo in the last few weeks of Elli’s stay. In addition, she was joined by a German friend Nora for a week in Sligo. Both girls assimilated very quickly into the family and household. They also escaped to the allure of the ‘big smoke’ in Dublin to sightsee and visit a nightclub (Covid 19 permitting) when that was still something people could do.

Elli is fun loving and adventurous. She was enchanted by the Atlantic Ocean and engaged in open sea swimming with both our children, her friends from the café and her family on many occasions. She is not in the least perturbed by the inclement Irish weather, happy to cycle to her job as a barista in the typical Irish weather- rain, sleet and occasionally snow! She loves to work out and frequently runs. She participated in the Sligo Park Run with our family while staying here.
Elli speaks perfect English. She works hard to read and write in English frequently. While she was staying with us she picked up a number of idioms and sayings, typical of the West of Ireland. She is capable of identifying different accents and has no difficulty in switching between English and German. Her level of proficiency and fluency is a huge asset which we have no doubt will serve her well.

Elli is extremely trustworthy and capable. Given my work and family commitments, we had to leave her overnight with our family on a number of occasions. She was capable and confident. The children really loved her. She became more of an older sister to them than someone who was staying as a workaway. She taught them how to play music and sing; in addition, the older two children learned quite a bit of German during her stay. Her capacity to meet the children at their level and stretch them was really impressive. In addition, she was excellent with our toddler who is working his way through the terrible twos. She was firm and fair throughout all her dealing with the children, even when their own parents were starting to despair and lose their patience. The children are broken hearted that she has departed; she was a huge part of their lives for the past four months. They are left some with beautiful memories- walks on the beach, a visit to Balmoral Show, Glencar Waterfall, trick or treating at Halloween, the Late, Late Toy show, visits to Christmas markets and Santy’s arrival at Christmas.

Elli was also involved in occasional work on our farm. As we have an autumn calving rota, Elli was occasionally asked to check cows to make sure that they weren’t having any issues while calving, while we were away from the farm. She was efficient including helping deliver a calf in difficulty breathing. In addition, she helped our son clean our barns and with general maintenance on the farm, including with stacking timber for the winter. She is an excellent driver and we were very happy to have her drive the tractor off road on the farm.

Elli is a vegetarian with a love of Feta cheese and salad. She cooked for the family on numerous occasions, using a wide repertoire of ingredients. She learned to make excellent seafood chowder using fresh and frozen ingredients, as well as Irish scones. We also really enjoyed her German cookies which she made coming up to Christmas. She is a capable and confident cook who knows how to access high quality ingredients and appreciates the value of eating well.

We would be very happy to recommend her for any position which may become available in the future. She is missed in our family, however, we know that she will be back to see us all again soon. She will be an asset to any employer who is lucky enough to employ her.

(Excelente )

28/08/2021

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Philippe)

It was a privilege and a joy to have Philippe stay with us for almost a month. He fitted so well into our family, we have been completely bereft since he returned to France. Our children adored him and he was a complete natural with them. He was so adaptable which is critical in a family situation, with small kids there is no guarantees about what… read more

(Excelente )

17/05/2021

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Jessica & John)

When Jess and John arrived into our lives and our home we were emotionally and mentally exhausted. A fortnight before, my husband had a serious farm accident and while he was recovering; I was really struggling to hold down a full time job and to keep everyone fed and watered (children and farm animals). I was so exhausted; the children needed… read more

(Excelente )

23/08/2018

Dejado por el workawayer (Michelangelo) para el anfitrión

This was my first Workaway experience and I couldn't ask for anything better! Carol, Henry and the children made me feel very welcome,everyone was incredibly friendly (also the dog Molly), like in a family.
I've spent two weeks and, unfortunartely, the time passed really fast, It was hard to say hello.
I learned a lot about the Irish history and I… read more

(Excelente )

20/08/2018

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Michelangelo)

Michelanglo was a pleasant and very hardworking person. It was a pleasure to live with and work with him.
He helped out a lot on our farm; working with cattle and cows during our calving season, helping with herding and helping with wood cutting and preparation, helping with silage, helping look after our chickens and our dog, Molly. He was… read more always willing to help, polite and not afraid to ask questions if he was unsure of how to proceed with the task. He was always willing to try new tasks and intrigued about the management of the farm and the husbandry of animals. It was a joy to explain and show him how things worked as he learned and worked. He is physically strong and very fit and was well able to keep up with the pace of work on our farm, particularly during this busy summer season.
Family and friends found him to be intelligent, well read, knowledgeable, excellent company with excellent interpersonal skills. It was very easy to host Michelanglo as he was the perfect host guest and our three children adored the ground he walked on. He was great fun, interested in the local community, the history, culture and customs of the area.
He enjoyed exploring local cities such as Galway and Enniskillen, as well as Dublin. In addition, he cycled and explored the terrain closer to home, climbing mountains, cycling to Lissadell, sea swimming in Rosses Point and even enjoying a random encounter with a neighbour from Italy in the local ice cream parlour, Fabios. His real passion is football and it was interesting that he knew more about the local soccer team than either my husband or I. He was able to cite players, positions and achievements and was thrilled to attend a football match on the last evening of his stay, after watching and listening to the All-Ireland Hurling victory the day previous.
Michelanglo speaks very good Engllish and continues to make progress. After a fortnight in our home, he could recognise and correct his own grammatical mistakes. He was a very consistent and careful student with a very interesting way of associating a new word with a word in one of the many languages he is already fluent in.
He has a vast wealth of intelligence and experience, is well travelled and well read- he can discuss topics as diverse as the economic situation in China to the historical conflict in Northern Ireland.
We were very priviliged to have met Michelanglo as part of the workaway programme and hope that he will be a frequent visitor to our home and family over the coming years. We would be very pleased to recommend him to any other host family who may be looking for a geniune, hardworking, reliable, intelligent, funny and honest person to live and work with them.

(Excelente )

29/06/2018

Dejado por el workawayer (Jasmin) para el anfitrión

I had the best time with Carol, Henry and their children Thomas, Jessica and William. From the first day everyone was very very friendly to me and the children are open for new people and I never felt like a stranger in this family.
My "work" was to mind the children on some days, but it never felt like work for me because it was a lot of fun. In… read more

(Excelente )

27/06/2018

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Jasmin)

Excellent worker. It was our pleasure to have Jasmin stay with us. She was a joy to live with and get to know. She helped out with our three children, cooked incredible meals, brought our very hyperactive dog on long walks, came to the beach with the kids, helped with some painting of garden furniture and worked with the farm animals. She is… read more

(Excelente )

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