Our Host Families
Live with a local Irish family and experience the world-famous Irish welcome – 24/7!
Living with a local family is the best possible way to improve your English. A host family experience allows you to live the language 24 hours a day.
Our experienced placement team led by School Director Mary carry out in-person interviews, Garda (police) Vetting, and home visits. We take great care when interviewing host families to ensure that our students are placed in quality and appropriate accommodation to support their language-learning journey. Homes are visited regularly to ensure that they continue to meet our high expectations, and school management are in constant communication with families.
Life with your Host Family
Students are encouraged to integrate as much as possible into family life. They “live the language” as an extra family member and immerse themselves completely in a new culture and way of life.
All accommodation is full-board and includes laundry, bed linen, towels etc. All meals are included, breakfast and dinner are eaten together as a family and a packed lunch is provided for school/excursion days.
Students are collected each morning by our private bus service or come with their host families by car. Students do not use public transport at any time during their stay.
We are proud of the relationships of trust and cooperation we cultivate with our host families, who come back year after year to host with us. Our host families understand the unique stresses and challenges faced by students living away from familiar surroundings, some of whom may be staying away from home for the very first time. We work with host families and visiting students to make the transition as smooth as possible. A member of management is always available 24/7 for the students (as well as their natural families).
Students of the same nationality or native language are never placed with the same host family, except where this is requested in advance (e.g. friends requesting to stay together). However, we would always recommend friends/siblings to stay with different host families in order to get the best possible benefit from their stay.
It was a really good experience, it was really good, the house was really nice. The family was very kind and they make me feel one more. We did a lot of activities together and they showed me a lot of new places. I would definitely repeat and recommend doing it.
Patricia - Summer 2026
My host family is so nice, we dance and sing in the kitchen while making dinner, we bake cakes and cupcakes, we do fun activities together and I really enjoy spending time with them. Food was good and they really took care of my allergies, and when I didn’t like something, they didn’t give it back to me again.
Carla - Summer 2026
They were really nice people. They really care about us and include us in the family. We have our own bedroom and bathroom and privacy. They always ask us what do we like and our interests, specifically in food. I’m really happy with my family.