Find a homestay family in Ireland for adults, family groups, children or teenagers by searching through the published offers on Lingoo, We are specialists in language homestay holidays in Ireland. A language homestay in Ireland is a way of travelling like no other, offering true value, for people of all ages.
Your homestay hosts will welcome you into their home, provide home-cooked meals, an insider’s guide to the local community, and take you to see the sights and sounds that tourists can only dream of.
With Lingoo, you find and select homestay families in Ireland directly, without the need for an expensive and sometimes impersonal agency giving you much more choice and control of where you or your child will stay.
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Ireland is an island with the most extraordinary landscapes in the world. Depending on where your Lingoo partner lives, you can visit the exceptional Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Connemara in the west or the Ring of Kerry in the south west of County Kerry.
The green midlands, the lake regions, the cliffs overlooking the sea, have all played there part in creating the inspiring tales of Celtic culture. Visiting these places with people who live there and know the history well definitely the best way to immerse yourself in the Irish culture, tradition and English language.
Nature is the dominant force that has shaped Ireland but there are also interesting cities to visit during your stay. Dublin is a city that has been rejuvenated by the foreign investment generated by Ireland’s Celtic tiger policy of the mid 1990’s onwards. Dublin is today a rich busy city, full of pubs and restaurants and with a real European feeling.
During your stay, don’t miss a visit to Galway Bay, with the three rocky Aran Islands guarding the entrance to enclosing to the bay. The sea port of Cork is another place not to be missed in Ireland.
The Irish people are renowned for their warmth and hospitality, making Ireland a perfect destination for your, or your child’s, language holiday.
All our homestay hosts have detailed profiles, including photos of themselves, the room where you will stay, their home and the local community, as well as references and evaluations from previous guests. And because we want you to have a great experience on your homestay, all our hosts share their interests and hobbies on their profiles. So you can find one with similar interests and use our secure messaging system to get to know them before you book.
During the stay with the homestay family in Ireland you or your child or teenager will be completely immersed in the language, culture and daily family life. Many homestay families will also help you to organise an English course, without the need for an expensive residential language school.
Some English teachers living in Ireland also provide homestay accommodation and teaching in their own homes. If you are interested in learning English by staying in your teacher’s home in Ireland, please click here.
Lingoo has thousands of registered, approved host families. We’re confident you’ll find one where you want to stay, that shares your interests, and even your diet or religion. In short, booking a stay with an Irish homestay host through Lingoo is a totally immersive, fun way to learn English.
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Lingoo homestay host profiles are diverse. They range from traditional and single-parent families to single adults and retirees. But all of them believe that learning a foreign language should be fun and full of the discovery that classroom settings simply cannot offer. They will help you learn and practise the language in everyday situations and while indulging your hobbies. Some hosts can also arrange to pick you (or your child) up at the airport or station and transport you there again when you return home. The Lingoo contract is also there to help unaccompanied children pass through immigration.
We ensure every homestay is safe, secure and great value for money. The identity of every host is checked personally by the Lingoo validation team before they can register with us. Together with references and visitor evaluations, contracts for each reservation, and support from the Lingoo team when misunderstandings occur, we ensure that your homestays are the ideal way to improve your language skills. Even your deposit is covered by our cancellation rules.
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