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Welcome to Catherine's
Hosting Academic Students Only
2025/2026 Academic Year Open.
We are a family of 4 and live in the centre of Templemore in the heart of Tipperary. We are experienced hosts and have been hosting academic and short stay 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 international guests and really enjoy the company and making new friends. The atmosphere in the house is great fun and there's lots of mischief happening. My children attended lots of different activities. 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.
Final date of enrolment for September 2025 is March (2 places available). January and September 2026 enrolment 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 have a weekly student night where they pick a dish of their choice and cook it. It's made many a non-cook into an excellent cook; it creates great fun and confidence for them.
I have Single rooms and Twin rooms available with a shared bathroom.
Smart TV with Netflix
Study desk
Towels provided
WIFI throughout the house so you'll always be in contact.
We can take siblings and friends together.
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.
(Activities and Trips can be organised for midterms for additional fees)
School closes for 2 weeks at Christmas and Easter. (Students return home for these holidays)
My Price advertised covers full board and school bus.
My price does not include school fees and uniform.
This is payable directly to school and uniform shop.
Students will need an allowance to cover their personal expenditures while on this programme.
Personal toiletries/cosmetics, phone plan, clothes, activity clubs, entertainment- time with friends such as concerts, museums, entry fees, movies, coffee dates, travel, etc.
I can organise volunteering in Schools, Shops and Hotels.
On a school day, we rise and shine around 7 am, get into uniform, pack our lunch, and have breakfast. The school bus is at 8:15 am and leaves at the end of my street. School is from Monday to Friday, 8:50 am - 4 pm. You 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, 4 pm or 6 pm. You can stay and do after-school study or participate in extracurricular activities.
Extracurricular Activities include: 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, and 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 next town, we have a Swimming Pool. I have lots of tennis rackets, basketballs, and hurleys to use during your stay.
On Saturday/Sunday, you can relax, go shopping, take a hike, meet up with your friends and go swimming, shopping, sightseeing, or go on a cinema coffee date, etc.
Transport: We have the bus and train station in Templemore, whether you want to visit local towns Thurles or Roscrea, or take the train to visit our cities Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and 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