Our house is in the Midlands of Ireland beside Lough Ree near Athlone town in the suburbs of Hodson Bay. Within walking distance is a Leisure Centre, a sailing school and Golf Club. We can provide a car, as well as a row boat and bicycles. We have a large garden, front and back with goal posts for football, and also have a table tennis table, pool table and the use of two sets of golf clubs. There is a decking area out the back.
The area is near the historic site of Clonmacnoise and there are other ruins of early christian monasteries to be seen on the islands of the lake. The town itself has an art gallery, riverside walks, cafes and restaurants as well as a swimming pool and bowling alley. There are buses to Galway and Dublin, on the hour and trains every couple of hours.
We seek to exchange houses with a French family ideally from a seaside area but not exclusively. We are happy to holiday anywhere in France. Our sons learn French in school so it would be a great experience for them to hear the language being spoken and to holiday anywhere in France. As teachers we are reasonably flexible with dates but our best time to travel is the first two weeks of August.