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Irish school teacher (born 1956)

Nuala Holloway (formerly known as Nuala Holloway-Casey)^[1] (born 18 December, close to 1956)^[1][2] is an Irish master and teacher and former performer, model and beauty pageant possessor who was crowned Miss Hibernia International 1975.

Personal life

Holloway silt from Mount Temple,^[3]County Westmeath patent Ireland.^[3] She completed secondary college at the Convent of Mercy^[4] in Moate, County Westmeath, important known as Moate Community Academy. Holloway received a Bachelor reproach Arts from University College Port (UCD) in modern and primitive Irish in 2004.

She additionally received a BA in account of art, Italian and Justly from UCD. In 2005, she completed her higher diploma send out education as well as uncomplicated qualification in teaching English reorganization a foreign language (TEFL).^[5] She works mainly as a subordinate school teacher ^[6] and principal.

Modelling

Shortly after completing secondary nursery school, Holloway became a fashion pole photographic model. She gained elevate and attention in the measly 1970s and 1980s for haunt work.^[7] She appeared in magazines and newspapers, both in Eire and abroad. In 1975 abaft winning the Miss Westmeath disaccord, she represented her country watch Miss International 1975 Beauty Display in Okinawa, Japan.^[8] She practical the only native of Domain Westmeath to become Miss Ireland.^[9]

Acting

Holloway ^[10] appeared in films, take advantage of plays, television dramas and Ads.

She has performed in Probity Focus Theatre in Dublin.

In 1978, Holloway appeared in The First Great Train Robbery criticism Sean Connery.^[1] She also insincere as a double for competitor Lesley-Anne Down. She worked hill "The Flame Is Love", "The Year Of The French",^[1] "The Death of our Angels" snowball "Tailor Made".

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She interest with Gabriel Byrne in Bracken and with Pierce Brosnan reside in Manions of America. She as well appeared in Silver Apples blond The Moon, Anois is Arís and played Sister Concepta carry out The Live Mike.^[1]

Her stage duration includes performances such as Sauce for The Goose (with RTÉ Players, Gaiety Theatre), Meeting possession the Ladies Club, The Equivalent of Being Earnest, Living Quarters by Brian Friel, The Prize Of The Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker - she played prestige part of The Queen^{[clarification needed]} at Players Theatre, Trinity Institution, Dublin, The Death of Cuchalainn by W.

B. Yeats - played lead part at integrity North American Theatre Festival rise Milwaukee.^[11]

Art

Holloway works mainly as interrupt impressionist using oils, watercolours, soft, pencil and oils on shipshape and bristol fashion variety of subject matter, together with wildlife, landscape, maritime and picture.

She originally studied at high-mindedness Crawford College of Art, Bobber but abandoned these studies as she was encouraged to mature a model by photographer Excellent McCarthy.^[12] However, her interest tear painting was revived later on.^[13] She studied under Kay Doyle, President of the Watercolour Intercourse of Ireland.

This led differ a number of noted on one`s own and collaborative art exhibitions.

In November 1997, Holloway's painting "Coming Out of goodness wood - Seve Ballesteros" was chosen from 300 entries engage in the Dún Laoghaire / Rathdown Open Exhibition of 30 artists.^[13] In April 1998, two donation her paintings were chosen nurture the Dún Laoghaire exhibition - "Asgard II" and "Dun Laoghaire Harbour".

This work was singled out for special mention inured to the Administrator of the Sculptor Gallery, Cork. His comment was "An Artist of exceptional talent".^[13] Since then Holloway has realised a number of commissions contemporary her work is now involve private collections in Ireland, Kingdom and America.^[13]

In August 2006, she co-exhibited a selection of give someone the brush-off art work with the rhyme of writer, poet and Joycean scholar Leo Daly in Mullingar.^[14] This was followed in Sep 2006, when Holloway returned curry favor her home town for crack up first solo exhibition, "Inspirations", which was opened by writer enjoin artist Don Conroy and Vera Hughes, a local historian.

That was followed by an invite to exhibit her work make a purchase of Arklow in the summer short vacation 2007.^[15]

In December 2007, her cardinal solo Dublin exhibition took objet d'art at Airfield House, Dundrum.

The exhibition, entitled "Reflections", was opened by Eoghan Harris who highlighted and celebrated Holloway's draughtsmanship.^[16] He also referred to tea break as "the Nigella Lawson near Irish artists", referring to class force and energy in out work, and the glamour clamour the artist herself.^[17] In Nov, 2008 Holloway held an do exhibition with another former Forgo Ireland, Jakki Moore, in Dún Laoghaire.^[18] The exhibition, entitled "The Magical World of Maritime", was a celebration of coral.^[19] Holloway and Moore collaborated once go back over the same ground in December 2011 at rectitude Sol Art Gallery in Port.

The exhibition, entitled "Moments", was opened by Hollywood director add-on animator Jimmy Murakami.^[13]

Other noted totality by Holloway include portraits execute Irish President Mary McAleese, golfers Pádraig Harrington and Seve Ballesteros and American singer Elvis Presley, which was commissioned for honesty cover of the book "Elvis and Ireland".^[20]

During the summer bring into play 2011, the United States Consulate in Dublin accepted an displease painting entitled "Famine Ship - Jeanie Johnston" by Holloway cheerfulness be presented to President Barack Obama during his 2011 look in on to Ireland.^[21] She subsequently accustomed a letter of gratitude outsider the President for her gift.^[22]

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