English Language Schools &
Summer Student Courses
English Language Schools &
Summer Student Courses
Irish Country Life Experience
Making Traditional Irish Soda Bread
Milking the (model) Cows!
Making Home-made Butter & Cheese
Traditional Apple Pressing (in season)
Irish Victorian Laundry
Hurling Skills
Welly Throwing
Straw Wars
Wet Sponge Challenge
Pillow Fight
Giant Bubbles
Tug of War
Making a Campfire
Cook-out Sausages!
We are happy to be flexible with your length of visit.
For rainy days we have excellent indoor facilities and full size marquees.
Students should bring a packed lunch and comfortable clothes and footwear, and coats if wet, plus a packed lunch with drinks. In any event, we also have excellent indoor facilities if the weather is bad.
Listed below is a sample of the exciting range of activities on offer. We do refer to them as 'Old Days - Old Ways', but sometimes the old ways are the best!
Old Days - Old Ways
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Construction Skills
Everything from making Sughan Ropes & Traps, to building basic Shelters & Bodhans & even Stone Walls.
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The Harvest
From Bringing in The Harvest, to Flailing, Winnowing & Grinding the Corn.
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The Dairy
This is where we milk our own (model) cows, then make our own butter & cheese, before tasting it (yum!)
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The Laundry
Scrub-a-Dub-Dub!
Work the Cast Iron Handpump to get water, then Wash, Pound & Mangle the clothes before racing out to hang them on the washing line. Tough work!
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Turf
Learn the lost art of Footing the turf, before Clamping it against the elements and the Barrowing it safely away.
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Music & Dance
Dance around the Maypole, learn to Dance with a Brush (?), have a bash on a Bodhran or learn a little Seanos Dancing.