International Students
Beauty Academy was founded in 2005. Our aim is to train students to achieve the hightest qualifications and training standards available in Ireland today. We welcome all International Students who want to study Beauty, Make Up, Nails or Complementary Therapies. To date we have had a number of students from all nationalities who have been successful in the courses they have studied.
Our tutors will offer extra support to our International Students to ensure they get the most out of their training and education.
We are available to meet with any student who has questions about their chosen course.
To make an appointment to meet with us contact the office on 041 980 4799 or email info@beautyacademy.ie and we would be happy help
About Drogheda
Drogheda (from the Irish meaning "bridge of the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, 56 km (35 miles) north of Dublin. Drogheda (including suburbs and environs) is the largest town in Ireland.
The town is situated in an area with an abundance of archaeological monuments dating from the Neolithic period onwards, of which the large Passage Tombs of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth are probably the best known.
Drogheda was an important walled town in the English Pale in the medieval period. It frequently hosted meetings of the Irish Parliament at that time. The parliament was moved to the town in 1494 and passed Poyning's Law a year later. The town was besieged twice during the Irish confederate Wars. On the second occasion it was taken by Oliver Cromwell in September 1649, as part of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland and it was the site of an infamous massacre of the Royalsit defenders.
The Battle of the Boyne, 1690, occurred some 6 km (4 miles) west of the town, on the banks of the River Boyne, at Oldbridge.
In 1845, the onset of the Great Irish Famine resulted in over 1,000,000 deaths. Ottoman Sultan Abdulmecid declared his intention to send 10,000 sterling to Irish farmers but Queen Victoria requested that the Sultan send only 1,000 sterling but also secretly sent 3 ships full of food. The English courts tried to block the ships, but the food arrived at Drogheda harbour and was left ther by Ottoman Sailors.
Due to this the Irish people, especially those in Drogheda, are friendly to the Turks. This event led to the appearance of Ottoman symbols on Drogheda's coat of arms.
In 1921 the shrunken head of Saint Oliver Plunkett, who was executed in London in 1681, was put on display in the cathedral and is still on show today.
The estate in the famous series "The Thorn Birds" was named after the town of Drogheda.
Theatre
The town hosts the annual Samba festival every summer, where Samba bands from around the world converge on the town for a week of drumming and parades.
The town also supports one of the largeest and most successful youth theatres in Ireland (Droichead Youth Theatre) which has toured Belfast, London, Italy and Sweden. The addition of the Little Duke Theatre company in Duke Street, add to this scene. The Municipal Centre in Stockwell Street acts as a base for most of the town's artists, under the umbrella of the Droichead Arts Centre, and featuring a gallery space and a theatre. Barrow House on West Street is now a satellite site of the Droichead Arts Centre.
Live Music
Notable venues are The Pheasant on Duleek St, McPhail's in Laurence St, McHugh's on Cord Rd &The Market Bar on Magdalene St. For traditional Irish music, Carberry's pub near the North Quay has regular sessions by amateur and professional musicians alike.
Visual Arts
October 2006 saw the opening of the town's first dedicated municipal art gallery and visual arts centre, the Highlanes Gallery, housed in the former Franciscan Friary on St Laurence St. The Highlanes Gallery holds Drogheda's important municipal art collection which dates back from the 17th century as well as visiting exhibitions in a venue which meets key international museum and gallery standards. Drogheda's most famous visual artist was the abstract expressionist painter Nano Reid (d.1981). Raphael Hynes, Richard Moore, Liam O'Broin, Padhraic Murphy and Ronan Halpin are among Drogheda's best known living artists.
With the expansion of the Irish economy in the 1990's, during the "Celtic Tiger" years, Drogheda became one of the main secondary locations for people who work in Dublin to buy a house, as property prices in the capital became prohibitive for many first-time home buyers. This was aided by the expansion of transport infrastructure in the direction of Drogheda. Partly as a result, the downtown area of Drogheda has redeveloped, and two large shopping centres have opened, while several national and international retailers have opened stores. In 2007 the partial pedestrianisation of the town's main street, West Street, was completed.
On the south quay the Scotch Hall Shopping Centre and teh D hotel was completed in November 2005. Phase Two of the development, which will shortly commence construction, will extend further down the river front. It will have an extension to the shopping centre and Hotel, new apartments, cinema and a riverside plaza.
Places to Visit
Newgrange, Knowth, Bru na Boinne Centre - Battle of the Boyne Site - Boyne Viaduct - Magdalene Tower - Millmount Abbey & Martello Tower - Mellifont Abbey - St Laurence's Gate
Some Useful Websites
Drogheda Tourism www.drogheda.ie
Irish Tourism Authority http://www.failteireland.ie
Department of Foreign Affairs http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/home/index.aspx?
English Language School (Basic to Advanced Levels) www.edgewater.ie
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