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Welcome to Catherine's
🌞🌞Fully Booked for the Summer 🌞🌞
📚 2026 Academic Year Open📚
🌞2026 Summer Booking Open🌞
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.
We are an activity-based family and provide 4 day trips per week with our activity programme.
We host lots of different nationalities together during the summer and it creates wonderful friendships and they get to experience different cultures and traditions.
Only English is spoken at all times during your stay and you might go home with an Irish accent 😉
We do not offer the Total Immersion Guarantee, so there may be other students who speak the same language as you during the stay.
I have single, twin and double rooms available. We can take friends and siblings together. WIFI throughout the house so you'll always be in contact.
I can organise volunteering in Schools, Shops and Hotels.
Our day varies from day to day depending on weather and activities booked. If it's raining, we have lots of games, Mario Kart, baking, and movies to keep us entertained. We have the lovely town park behind our house. You can go walking through the woods on the many trails, pass the fairy fort and book nook, and grab a book from our library across the road and go to the lake and curl up reading. You can join one of our many clubs and try out Tennis, Pitch & Putt, Golf, Football, Soccer. We have an Athletic track and a park run every Saturday. Try out a martial arts class or go to our neighboring town to go swimming. We have lots of lovely hiking trails nearby. Equestrian centers where you can attend lessons or attend Pony Camp. All activities are pay as you go to the local clubs. Templemore's train station is a few minutes walk from our house if you wish to explore our major towns and cities.
Activities....
*****Weekly Activity Programme****
Cost: €200 per week
Activities will vary for each week of stay. Cost includes all entry fees, guided tours, and travel costs.
My activities programme will keep you entertained during your stay, and you'll get to visit lots of iconic sites and go home with fond memories of your Trip to Tipp......
*We will explore neighboring towns Thurles and Roscrea
*Go swimming in Roscrea Leisure Centre
*Visit Holycross Abbey
*Go hiking in Mount St Joseph Abbey grounds
*Attend an Irish Hurling match
*Each week attend an Activity Centre choose to Bowling, Laser Quest, Roller Skating, and more
*Visit Littleton Labyrinth
*Day trip to Kilkenny City and Castle
*Day trip to Rock of Cashel and Cahir Castle
*Shopping trip to Kildare Village
*Attend an Irish Festival
*Explore Lough Derg and take a swim in its lakeside beach
*Day trip to Kinnitty Castle and explore Slieve Bloom Mountains
*Day trip to Nenagh and visit Nenagh Castle
*Day trip to Portlaoise and Rock of Dunamase
and lots more
******Specialised Day Trip*******
* Castlecomer Discovery Park. €100.00
Sky Walking, Ziplining, Octagon high ropes, Kayaking, Archery, and lots more
*Emerald Park €100.00
Ireland's only rollercoaster park
Take on the thrill rides of Tír na nóg, Viking Voyage, Cú Chulainn, and lots more and have a fun-filled day of excitement
Summer and Pony Camps
Run on selected dates during the summer
Early booking is essential as dates and availability are limited during summer months.
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 730 € / week
+33 7 49 08 56 74