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Welcome to Catherine's
Hosting Academic Students Only
2025/ 2026 Academic Year Open.
1 remaining place for French or Italian Girl.
Hello and welcome to our page.
We are living in the heart of Tipperary in a town called Templemore. We are a family of 4 and have been hosting international students for many years. We are Police vetted and provide a safe environment for your child.
Our guests are very much a part of our family while with us and we treat them as our own.
My children love having older kids in the house and really enjoy the company and making new friends. The atmosphere in the house is great fun and there's always lots of mischief happening.
Fiadh loves gymnastics, hip hop dancing, swimming and theatre school she's always singing and dancing and everyone has to do Just Dance in the kitchen.
Noah loves swimming, soccer, hiking, cycling, board games and his Nintendo switch. There's fierce competition with Mario kart and everyone gets involved. We all love a game of 31 cards too.
Doing an academic year is the best way to improve your English and make new friends and create life long memories.
I have places available in our local all girls school.
Enrolment for 2025/ 2026 is now open.
Hosting different nationalities together creates wonderful friendships and they get to experience different cultures and traditions.
Our house is always busy and we like to bake and cook and welcome our students to join in.
Its made many a non cook into and excellent cook it creates great fun and confidence for them.
I have private rooms and Twin rooms available. We can take friends and siblings together.
WIFI throughout the house so you'll always be in contact.
School has 3 terms
Term 1-September - December
Term 2- January - March
Term 3- April - May
Mid-term:
1 week in October
1 week in February.
( For mid-term I can organise excursions to Emerald Park or Castlecomer Discovery Park)
School closes for 2 weeks at Christmas and Easter. (Student returns home for these holidays)
My price does not cover school enrollment fees and school uniform. They are payable directly to the school and uniform shop.
I can organise volunteering in Schools, Shops and Hotels.
On a school day, we rise and shine around 7 am, get into our uniform, pack our lunch, and have breakfast. The school bus arrives at 8:15 am and leaves from the end of my street. School is from Monday to Friday, 8:50 am to 4 pm. We have two breaks during the day: a small break at 11 am and a lunch break at 1 pm. The school bus has two return times, either 4 pm or 6 pm. You can stay for after-school study or participate in extracurricular activities.
Extracurricular Activities:
Book Club, BT Young Scientist, Choir, Drama, Self Development Programme, Junk Kouture Fashion, Orchestras, Public Speaking, Speech & Drama, Music, Athletics, Basketball, Camogie, Gaelic Football, Hockey, Rounders, Rugby, Soccer.
We have dinner around 6:30 pm. After dinner, you can relax, join me for a walk, or participate in one of our many clubs in Templemore (pay as you go fees). We have Athletics, Tennis, Basketball, Hurling, Football, Badminton, Kickboxing, Taekwondo, Fitness, Yoga, Gym, Snooker, Pitch & Putt, and Golf. In our nearby town, we have a Swimming Pool. I have lots of tennis rackets, basketballs, and hurling sticks available for use during your stay.
On the weekend, you can relax, join us for whatever activity we are doing, or meet up with your friends to go swimming, shopping, sightseeing, to the cinema, or for a coffee date, etc.
Transport:
We have a bus and train station in Templemore. Whether you want to visit local towns like Thurles or Roscrea, or catch a train to visit our cities Dublin, Cork, Limerick, or Galway, it's only a few minutes' walk from our house.
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
Catherine et Rory ont fait preuve de beaucoup de gentillesse et de bienveillance pour rendre le séjour de notre fille agréable. De plus, la présence d’une autre étudiante espagnole du même âge a été très appréciée car les activités sont parfois limitées dans une petite ville de 2000 habitants.
From 450 € / week
+33 7 49 08 56 74