Welcome to Catherine
****SUMMER 2024 PLACES STILL AVAILABLE***
Availability for short term stays throughout the year.
Hello and welcome to our page
We are a family of 4 living in Templemore in the heart of Tipperary. we love the outdoors and enjoy showing you our beautiful countryside.
We welcome all age groups and have activities to suit everyone.
We are experienced hosts and have hosted different nationalities for short stays for many years.
We are Police vetted and provide a safe environment for your child.
We have a very busy, lively family, both our children attend primary school.
Our guests are very much part of our family while they are with us and we treat them as our own.
My children love having the older students to look up to and it's great for everyone involved.
We take siblings and friends together but only English is spoken while with us.
We have 3 bedrooms available with a shared bathroom.
Single room
Double room
Twin room
Free WiFi throughout the house so you'll always be in contact.
Every day is different in our house, when we don't have school we have breakfast around 9am and get ready for whatever activity we have planned for the day.
We have the beautiful Townpark behind our house where you can spend hours walking through the woodland walkways or relax beside the lake watching our ducks and swans.
Go cycling in our park, play tennis or basketball, hurling & football or play pitch & putt or learn to play golf. If its raining we like to watch movies ,play cards or board games.
There's lot's of activities clubs in Templemore to join and we have something for everyone.
If your into running or hiking we have lovely trails nearby and an athletic club too.
We have many Equestrian centre's in nearby towns that offer horse riding lessons or Pony Camps
There are many Camps running on selected dates throughout the summer.
If a camp is not for you, I offer a
*Weekly activity programme.
Each day we will visit lots of local heritage sites, get guided tours.
Go hiking and explore some of our beautiful trails.
Learn how to Hurl an attend a Hurling Match
Experience a Trad Night.
Explore an Irish bog and try your hand at footing turf and have a picnic
Visit neighbouring towns Thurles and Roscrea and lot's more fun activities.
For Day Trips
These are special trips where we pack a picnic and head off early and explore the beautiful sites in Ireland.
I have lots to choose from...
*Kilkenny Medieval City and Castle*
Visit the beautiful city of Kilkenny and it's spectacular castle. Have a guided tour in the castle and walk along the grounds and woodland walkways. Then you can explore the city and do some shopping.
*Rock of Cashel and Cahir Castle and Swiss Cottage*
Visit our counties beautiful historic Castles in Tipperary. Get guided tour's and learn the history of the building's, wander around the grounds and explore Cashel and Cahir town and what they have to offer.
*Cliffs of Moher & Lahinch Beach*
Visit one of Irelands most iconic sights The Cliffs of Moher tower over the rugged West Clare coast. Walk the safe, paved pathways and view the famous Cliffs and enjoy the spectacular vistas over the Atlantic Ocean and the Aran Islands, afterwards visit Lahinch beach and take a dip and relax for a few hours.
*Adventure Park*
Castlecomer Discovery Park offers ziplining, tree-top walk, climbing wall, octagon ropewalk, boats, archery, trail activities.
*Adventure Park*
Emerald Park is Irelands only theme park and zoo. Get ready for trilling rides shows and entertainment and lots of fun rides.
*Adventure Park*
Aqua Splash is an inflatable water park where you can find a trilling array of obstacle challenges that promise endless fun and excitement and go paddle boarding and kayaking too.
*Mahon Falls, Comeragh Mountains and the Magic road.
Take a day trip up the Comeragh mountains and see Mahon falls beautiful waterfall, experience the magic road and have a picnic and hike in the beautiful countryside that looks like something out of Lord of the Rings
*Cobh Titanic Experience*
Titanic experience cobh is a unique experience, the very place where Titanics last passenger departed. take a guided tour and retrace the footsteps of our Queenstown passengers. afterward explore Cobh town and St Colmans Cathedral.
Pony Camp runs on selected dates throughout the year.
You can choose to do a 3 or 5 day Camp
I will drop and collect you daily with a packed lunch
All activities listed will include entry fees, travel costs and guided tours. Activity and entrance prices vary and can be paid on arrival.
We can plan out everything for your stay. where you'd like to visit and what day trips you'd like to do and just explore our isle all while improving your English.
Je suis resté avec Catherine et s famille ces dernières semaines car je voulais améliorer mon anglais. Elle m'attendait à l'aéroport et s'est très bien occupé de moi. Depuis que je suis ici, nous avons fait des excursions d'une journée pour explorer la belle campagne et j'ai appris aussi à jouer au golf, au tennis et fait du kickboxing.
The house was in a very quiet small town of Templemore. The room in which I lived was very warm. It is a very welcoming and smiling family with two very nice children too. During this stay I was able to discover the different cultures, city and language of this country. We were able to have a pleasant time with the family such as admiring the Halloween parades in the cities of Galway and Limerick. We were able to create a link with the children as in the morning we took them to school, so we did fun activities. We were able to visit different monuments in the cities near Templemore: the castle "Rock of castel", a park "Cahir park", the forest of Templemore where we can walk, the sea in Galway so I was also able to take a 2-hour horse ride in Rusheenmore. I also participated in the Halloween walk in the evening in the forest next to the house with the children. It was full of unforgettable moments and where I enjoyed it. Thank you very much to this family. Signed Olivia
Notre fils est rentré enchanté de son séjour de 3 semaines chez Catherine et sa famille. Beaucoup d’activités au programme. Très bonne communication. Nous recommandons cette famille d’accueil
From 700 € / week