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We are a family of 5; Marcus 42 from Ireland and Julie 38 from Denmark, with our daughter Luna from August 2016, son Oscar from November 2018 and Oisin from March 2021. Then we have our lovely dog Maizzie, cats Mefe and Molly and 4 cute organic Dexter Cows.
We love people and being social, fun, animals, nature, gardening, farming, hiking, kayaking/canoeing, rock climbing, music and most of all we love adventures of all kinds.
We are very positive, welcoming and open minded people.
We live in an old farmhouse that we just completed a major renovation on. There is 30 acres of land and forestry where we have a large cut flower patch, a veggie garden, a poly tunnel, dexter cows, and plans of lots more. We have a lot of dreams for this place and look at it as a creative, inspiring, fun lifelong project.
Marcus works as a project manager with renewable energy. He also had an outdoor adventure tour company a few years ago which brought people on tours rock climbing, hiking and kayaking all around Ireland. . He's good at creating and fixing things and loves being outdoors. His biggest passions are rock climbing, hiking and playing music.
Julie has just launched a cut flower farming business growing eco friendly flowers and selling them as bouquets. She also works part time in a domestic abuse refuge for women. She has a masters in anthropology with a specialization in spirituality and shamanism and has done lots of self-development work. Her biggest passions are gardening, pottery, the great outdoors and travelling.
We both play and sing in a band performing Marcus' original music and have released an album (Marcus Magee & the Hollawmen).
8yr old Luna is a creative soul who loves dancing, singing, drawing and writing. She takes easily to people and loves to learn.
6yr old Oscar is an active dude who loves fishing, biking, skating, football and challenges. His smile will melt your heart! 4 yr old Oisin loves being outside, farming, helping, digging and generally pottering around the farm coming up with all sorts of activities. They’re all good sleepers.
We have both traveled a lot of the world (we met scuba diving in Thailand) but have now been home for the last 12 years building up our home. We see workaway as an opportunity to let the travelling come to us through people coming to stay instead of us going away.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Pratique d’une langue
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Aide dans une ferme
Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Centres d’intérêt
Vie en van
Dev. durable
Dev. personnel
Animaux de compagnie
Ferme
Événements/vie sociale
Cuisine et alimentation
Soin des plantes
Musique
Langues
Jardinage
Dessin et peinture
Bricolage / artisanat
Menuiserie
Animaux
Sports nautiques
Voile / bateau
Activités en plein air
Nature
Montagne
Randonnée
Camping
Plage
Sports d'aventure
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Learn English, gardening, Irish and Danish culture and food and come along on an outdoor adventure.
Projets impliquant des enfants
Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.
Aide
Cutting and stacking firewood, felling trees, some home refurb inside and outside (Painting, decorating, constructing), fixing up/organizing sheds, gardening (preparing flower and vegetable beds, weeding, landscaping, lawn mowing, strimming and planting), cooking, feeding animals, fixing up/sanding and painting old furniture, building play things outside, playing with our kids.
Langues
Langues parlées
Danish: Courant
Anglais: Courant
Français: Intermédiaire
Espagnol: DébutantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
I, Julie, love languages and speak English and Danish fluently. Then I have a bit of German, French, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian and Italian in that order of proficiency. I am happy to teach and learn!
Hébergement
Volunteers have their own room and shared bathroom in the same house as us. They are treated as part of the family. We have a shared kitchen, living room, and a second sitting room.
Autres infos...
We live in a rural area surrounded by beautiful drumlin hills, rivers and lakes. We drive into our local town regularly where you can come along anytime. We love the outdoors and go on hiking, kayaking, rock climbing and camping trips with friends where our volunteers are invited along. Our volunteers will get to experience a real Ireland and will be welcomed into our circle of friends. We play music in local bars and enjoy a pint.
We generally take people for 2-5 week stays. With stays longer than 2 weeks a house rule is for workawayers to go away for a weekend every 2 weeks, as this gives a bit of space for our family and likewise for the workawayer.
Couples are very welcome.
We don't plan very far ahead (we're last-minute sort of people), so please only write us max 2 months before you'd like to come, if you write us earlier than that you will most likely get a message to write back later.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
We have fibre broadband with wifi. I also work from home and my husband occasionally does too.
Espace pour garer des vans
We have loads of space here for parking in a scenic area, take your pick in whether you prefer to look at fields, garden, forest and whether you want to be on grass or tarmac.
Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux
As long as your pet is kid friendly and animal friendly - we also have a dog, cats, sheep and cows in the field - you are welcome to bring it. Let us know if you'd like to bring your pet and we can find out if it is suitable.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
Mes animaux
Maizzie (13 ans)
Very friendly old lady springer spaniel and our oldest pet.
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Honestly, reality was even better than my expectations ✨ (even if the cows in the profile picture were less important than I imagined).
A magical place, rural Ireland 🍃, with a big forest, river, lakes,… read more
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Honestly, reality was even better than my expectations ✨ (even if the cows in the profile picture were less important than I imagined).
A magical place, rural Ireland 🍃, with a big forest, river, lakes,… read more
it,s easy for speak with Julie, she have a good openmind she like try learn french. Marcus have a good site for seeing the landscape and it's a good music player. Luna it's a funny baby, she laught and play all time. We live a very good experience with him, it,s a very good couple… read more
Thank you so much for the amazing 6-7 weeks you had with us. Anna is very hard working, very humble, very open and outgoing, very smiley, very up-for-the-craic and great to have around the house. She took responsibility around the house, kept it clean and tidy, fed animals every morning and worked hard at jobs and tasks with great… read more
There was a lot to do and sometime it was hard work but always with smile and cheerfullness! We met a lot of nice people and a very great familly!
Thanks for everything and all our best wishes for your weeding!
XoXo
Marie and Matt
we met a lot of wonderful people! We will not forget the period at the farm, playing music, eating delicious food, discovering fantastic places.. And running away from your 'lovely' sheep.. Willy!!… read more
We felt at home with them because we were like part of the family.
We liked the work in their house and we loved their animals especially their sheep :)
we really enjoyed the time that we spent… read more
You are a very grounded and robust person resting well in yourself. You learn fast and stick to any kind of work given until it's done and done well. You were pleasant to have around and easy-going. We could be quiet together, chat away or make jokes. When we brought you along to parties and gigs you got… read more
