Here you can find out more about everybody who lives in our Community. Let us introduce the folks from Farmhill house:

My name is Mary Kenny.I am 32 years old. I was born in the Coombe Hospital on the7th April 1978. I have one sister called Eva who is studying in Princeton University in New York. I used to live in an apartment before I moved to the house where we live now. I like going for walks, shopping and watching movies. I work two days a week on a local farm called Airfield with my good friend Siobhan H, two days in a very nice ice cream bar called Murphys.On Thursdays I work In Eason's Bookshop in town. I also do cooking and cleaning in Greenacres. I also do bowling and drama. At the moment I am living in a residential community called Camphill Greenacres. In that house there is a lovely young man from Germany called Markus. I live in Greenacres with Andrew and Brenda, my housemother and her family. My wish for the future is maybe to do another course . I used to live in another Camphill in Dunshane Co. Kildare, I made a lot of friends there. I also learned pottery skills, basketry, and baking. My parents are Ruth and Adrian Kenny. Living in Dublin has taught me independence and social skills.

I am Andrew Ryan and I was born in Dublin on the 21th July 1953. My parents are Diana and Clement Ryan. I have one brother whose name is Philip Ryan. I grew up near the city centre of Dublin.I have many hobbies which I really enjoy. For instance, listening to music especially the Beatles, Abba , James Bond and chart music. I also love to play the piano. I do not need sheet music, because i am able to play songs out of my memory. I am a member of a bowling team with my other friends from Farmhill. I won a gold medal in a competition. I like to go for walks in the countryside. I enjoy eating my favourite vanilla ice cream. In general eating is one of my passions, particularly chicken.
Doing the jigsaw, playing solitaire and painting pictures are also hobbies which I like doing. By the way I almost forget to mention my passion for writing poems and rhymes.I have been living in Greenacres for several years now. First of all I moved to a community where I lived with Noel and Katri and their children . Now I am living with Mary Kenny and Brenda and her children in Farmhill house . For me living in Camphill is very entertaining. I have my daily routine which is very helpful for me.
I do different work every day. My duties range from gardening, baking and cleaning in the morning to music lessons, drama or going swimming in the afternoon.
I enjoy going on holidays to foreign countries. Some time ago I took part in a pilgrimage to Lourdes . I also travelled to Croatia and to Ballytrent. I am able to remember bathing and splashing in the waves of the sea on the beach of Ballytrent. After that I went inside a little lighthouse where I saw a passing ship. I also remember playing cricket, which is my favourite sport, on the front pitch of Ballytrent.Finally , I remember going swimming in Blackrock baths and Seapoint and Killiney beach. Now I am looking forward to going on a holiday to Scotland with Brenda.

Hi! My name is Marie-Luise, I am 27 years old and I have been living in Greenacres since September 2011. I am a house co-ordinator in Farmhill. It is challangeing but at the same time it is great to have people of different ages and cultures all in one house. Everybody brings their own personal needs, questions, skills, ideas, views, cultural traditions and issues along, which needs to be included in our daily life. This makes every day new and colourful!
My main task would be to coordinate everyones involvement and the (house)work which needs to be done in a home. Further I have to arrange meetings, talks and negotiate the different requirements and conflicts.
It is great to live with Andrew and Mary, the real irish people in Farmhill and then its Kyoko from Japan, Tae from Korea, Valentin my two years old son and myself from Germany.
Before I came to Greenacres I finished my studies in Social Work and worked in different jobs. For example: I worked in a community for children with special needs and a home for young underaged girls with babies. I was travelling in India for 4 months before I took some time off to care for my son after he was born.
A great experience for me is that I can combine living and working in the same place, at the moment. My child still can be with me and play at home and at the same time I manage the responsibilities of a house co-ordinator. This is a big challenge every day, which makes my life intensive and varied, but it gives me many opportunities to learn and develop myself.