Marcos Carballo Reyes -Weekend trip with host family
I spent a great weekend with my host family. On Friday 14thOctober we all went to stay in a hotel for the weekend. This was to celebrate their Grandmother’s Birthday all together. On the first night we went to the restaurant in the hotel where we enjoyed some delicious food. The next morning, when […]
A trip to Causey Farm by Adriana Torres
Adriana Torres is from Spain and she recently attended Our Lady’s Bower Secondary School for 8 weeks as a first-year student. Here Adriana tells us a little about her favourite trip during her stay in Ireland. Causey Farm is located 10kms from the town of Kells in County Meath. They offer an authentic Irish family […]
Matilda Héndez: A typical day attending Our Lady’s Bower Secondary school
Matilda Héndez is from Spain and she recently attended Our Lady’s Bower Secondary School for 8 weeks as a first year student. Here Matilda tells us a little bit about a typical day attending the school. We are in a beautiful school called Our Lady’s Bower. It is a catholic school and it is an […]
Laura Delgado: Day trip to Galway
Laura Delgado is from Spain and she recently attended Our Lady’s Bower Secondary School for 8 weeks as a first year student. Here Laura gives us an account of one of her favourite trips while in Ireland. Our trip to Galway was one of the best ones so far. Before going into Galway city, we […]
Laura Enjuto’s experience of working with Shannon Academy
My name is Laura Enjuto I am a group leader from Spain. I have been coming to Athlone for 9 years now and I have been working with Shannon Academy for 7 years. I like Athlone I find it’s very good for the programme we are trying to run. This is a small town for […]
My experience of learning English at Shannon Academy
My name is Natalia Regueiro Leis. When I first arrived at Shannon Academy I was in a panic. Let me tell you why. I am a Spanish teacher from Galicia and came to study here for three months. The idea was to attend a course on Scientific English and to experience life in Ireland. I […]
Host family and student experiences
Our experience of being a host family to students In 2001 we became a host family. We had a lovely girl named Anna stay with us for 2 weeks. We loved the company and still do today 16 years later and of course the lovely gifts we received. We have grown to understand a lot more […]
Athlone Castle & The Luan Gallery
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We loved meeting Ciara and Jon when they visited the “Magical Midlands”! Can’t wait to see our lovely lakelands featured on The Holiday Show this Wednesday at 8pm on TV3![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Snow in Athlone
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Mikel (Spain) Alanna (Ireland) Nubia (Brazil) Agnes (Poland) enjoying the snow in Athlone this morning![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]