Our team
Welcome to Swords House Educational Centre!
As the founder of Swords House, I’m delighted to welcome you to a place where creativity, curiosity, and confidence thrive. What began in 2010 with just one teacher and ten bright-eyed students has grown into a vibrant, award-winning centre serving over 350 young learners each year.
At Swords House, we believe every child has unique talents waiting to be nurtured. Our multidisciplinary approach—spanning art, music, robotics, languages, and ESL—creates a joyful and stimulating environment where children grow not only academically, but emotionally and socially.
Our dedicated team of educators shares a passion for innovation, kindness, and excellence. We are proud to have built a centre where children feel safe, inspired, and eager to learn—where parents feel like partners, and where community is at the heart of everything we do.
Whether you're joining us for the first time or returning as part of our extended family, we look forward to welcoming you into the world of Swords House.
With warmth and gratitude,
Natalia Scully
Founder & CEO
Swords House Educational Centre
Novitskaya
Elena
Director of the educational center
“There are bells hidden in the soul of every child, they just need to be found and touched so that they ring with a kind and bright sound.”
teacher of Russian language and literature, philologist
Master of Philology
work experience - 25 years
Gvozdeva
Irina
"...A child can have a wonderful brain, but if it does not develop, it will die."
teacher of Russian language and literature, English language, philologist
Master of Russian Philology
work experience - 20 years
Vydailo
Ludmila
"A student who studies without desire is a bird without wings"
Teacher of Russian language and literature
Master of Russian Philology
Work experience - 26 years
Byrne
Juliana
"Clarity is the main virtue of speech"
office manager
Graduated from the Law Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University. Work experience over 6 years. Speaks Russian, English and German.
Salamatova
Valentina
"A student is not a vessel to be filled, but a torch to be lit."
teacher of Russian language and literature, English language
Master of Russian Philology,
the highest qualification category for the position of "teacher"
work experience - 38 years
Potemkina
Anna
"Every child is to some extent a genius, and every genius is to some extent a child" (A. Schopenhauer)
A behavior analyst is a specialist in applied behavior analysis (ABA).
Child psychologist,
Master of Psychology
work experience - 10 years
Voronova
Natalia
The main principle of training is maximum communication.
Teacher of Russian and English languages
Graduated from the Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology of the Voronezh State University (Russia) in the specialty: Theory and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages and Cultures in 2006.
Teaches Russian as a foreign language, specializing in working with bilingual children, children from mixed families, in which Russian is not the main language of communication.
In her classes, she uses video and audio materials, pictures and cards for visual and interesting learning. She also introduces children to cultural features in a friendly atmosphere.
Lagodin
Dmitry
"Mathematics is the language in which the book of nature is written " (G. Galileo)
Mathematics teacher
Dmitry was born in Russia but grew up in Lithuania, where he graduated from Vilnius University with a degree in applied mathematics.
After graduating from University, he began preparing schoolchildren for mathematics Olympiads, and has been tutoring in Ireland for the last 17 years.
During this time, he has trained more than 200 students, some of whom are successfully studying or have graduated from Trinity College, UCD, DIT, Maynooth University, as well as in London and Madrid.
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Kostomarova
Julia
"The purpose of music is to touch hearts."
Johann Sebastian Bach German composer 1685–1750
teacher of higher music
qualification category, master of instrumental art (piano).
Yulia has many years of teaching experience working with preschool and school-age children, as well as with adults. She has mastered various methods of mastering the piano, which allows for intensive and high-quality development of the musical abilities and creative potential of the student. Her students win prizes in competitions, enter special educational institutions and simply make their lives more beautiful with the help of Music.
Gritsai
Svetlana
"Teach your soul not only to perceive, but to absorb the beautiful...
Then you will be a real artist-artist and nothing evil and dirty will happen
dares to enter there"
preschool teacher, primary school teacher
head of the theater studio
Work experience - 29 years
Kapatina
Adriana,
ABA instructor
Student of the Faculty of Primary Education at Moscow State Pedagogical University.
She studies in the internationally recognized program "ABC ABA" (in cooperation with BACB, ABAI, IBAO). She works with children on the development of speech, communication, social and play skills.
Speaks Russian, Romanian and English.
Tsarik
Tatiana
"Learning to draw means learning to think"
artist, teacher of drawing and painting
Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine since 2000
participates in exhibitions in Dublin and Cork, exhibits his works in the Green Gallery, Dalkey Gallery in Dublin, puts his works up for auction
"Adams" and "Mulins".
Graduate of the Kosovo Art College named after V. I. Kasian, Faculty of Ceramics.
Titova
Alla
course teacher
robotics and lego
She holds a diploma as a primary school teacher and a computer science teacher, and also graduated from Zaporizhzhya State University (Ukraine) with a degree in Social Educator/Psychologist.
Since 2002, Alla has been working with children and this is not only a profession, but also a true calling. Over the years, she has taught at school, conducted private lessons, and also implemented several original educational projects: the language camp "5 Stars", the conversation club "5 Stars" and "STEAM LEGO Education Club".
Vidus
Ludmila
“Beautiful and literate speech is, in essence, our calling card in any society!”
Speech therapist, Montessori teacher, primary school teacher
General experience of working in special educational preschool institutions and at school in special classes for children with various speech disorders and mental retardation, specializing in primary school teacher, speech therapist for more than 25 years.
Graduated from the RIGA INSTITUTE OF PEDAGOGY AND EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, specializing in preschool education, speech therapy;
Plotnikova
Xenia
ABA instructor
Graduate of the Irish School and Chevron College (specialization - assistant for working with children with special needs).
Psychology student at the National University of Ireland.
Taking an ABA course.
Speaks Russian and English, uses creative and motivational approaches to teaching.