Belfast Royal Academy "B.R.A"
Motto	per vias sapientiae
Established	1785
Type	Independent
Headmaster	Mr. William S. F. Young, M.A.
Founder	Rev. Dr James Crombie D.D.
Students	1600 (approx.)
Location	Cliftonville Road, BT14 6JL, Belfast, Northern Ireland Image File history File links BRAcrest. ... A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Educational institutions are often categorised along several dimensions. ... MA or ma may stand for: ma, a two-letter English word meaning Mother Ma, transliteration of Chinese family name 馬,马,麻 etc. ... Doctor of Divinity (D.D., Divinitatis Doctor in Latin) is an academic degree. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...
Colours	Maroon and Royal Blue
Yearbook	"The Owl"
Website	School Website

Belfast Royal Academy is the oldest school in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland^[1]. It is a co-educational, non-denominational voluntary grammar school situated in north Belfast. The Academy is one of eight Northern Irish schools whose Headmaster is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). There are currently approximately 1600 pupils at the school. School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually as a report or summary of statistics or facts. ... A Web site (or colloquially, Website) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... The Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference (HMC) is an association of the head teachers of 242 leading day and boarding independent boys and coeducational schools in the United Kingdom, Crown dependencies and the Republic of Ireland. ...

History

The Academy was founded in 1785 by Rev. Dr. James Crombie. Originally situated near St. Anne's Cathedral in what is now Academy Street, it moved to its current location on the Cliftonville Road in 1880. For more than a century the school was named Belfast Academy. On 27 November 1887, Queen Victoria granted permission for the school to style itself "Belfast Royal Academy", and its name was officially changed in January 1888^{[citation needed]}. 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Belfast Royal Academy is the oldest school in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland[1]. It is a co-educational, non-denominational independent school situated in north Belfast. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

The School Crest

The School Crest comprises the rose, the thistle and the shamrock, along with the Royal Arms, the Arms of the City of Belfast and those of the Province of Ulster. The three significant dates mark the foundation of the school in 1785, the transfer to the present site in 1880 and the approval by Queen Victoria of the designation Belfast Royal Academy in 1888. Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ...

Preparatory Department

The school's preparatory department, Ben Madigan Preparatory School, is located on the Antrim Road in the shadow of Cave Hill. Originally opened in 1829, it moved to its current site in 1965. A pre-prep was opened in 1998. Cave Hill refers to a a number of place names. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...

The House System

When a pupil enters the Academy they are placed into one of the houses: Shaw, Currie, Pottinger or Cairns, all named after distinguished past pupils: James Johnston Shaw, Donald Currie, Henry Pottinger, Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns. Each house has its own colour and pupils wear house ties. Sir Donald Currie (September 17, 1825 – April 13, 1909) was a British shipowner. ... Sir Henry Pottinger. ... Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (27 December 1810 - 2 April 1885) was a British statesman (of Irish birth) who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain during the first two ministries of Benjamin Disraeli. ...

The Honours System

As a pupil progresses through the Academy they can earn honours through hard work in sport and/or in the arts. There are minor honours (which allows a pupil to wear a minor honours tie, which has blue owls on it) and major honours. If a pupil gains major honours in sports they are entitled to wear a maroon blazer with a gold school badge on it and a tie that has yellow owls on it. Pupils who receive a major honours in the arts, such as music or drama, are entitled to wear a blue blazer with a gold school badge.

Notable alumni/ae

• William Hamilton Drummond (1778–1865), Presbyterian minister and poet
• Alexander Mitchell (1780–1868), blind civil engineer and inventor of the screw-pile lighthouse
• James Lawson Drummond (1783–1853), Professor of Anatomy and Medical Physiology, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, 1819–1849
• Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pottinger (1789–1856), Envoy and Plenipotentiary to China, 1840–1843, first Governor of Hong Kong, 1843–1844, and Governor of Madras, 1847–1854
• William Bruce (1790–1868), Presbyterian minister
• John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Director, Armagh Observatory, 1823–1882
• George Benn (1801–1882), historian of Belfast, and distiller
• Robert Patterson (1802–1872), naturalist
• Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886), poet, barrister and antiquarian
• Thomas Andrews (1813–1885), Professor of Chemistry, Queen's College, Belfast, 1845–1879, and physician
• Sir William Ewart (1817–1889), linen manufacturer
• Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (1819–1885), Lord Chancellor, 1868, 1874–1880
• John Mulholland, 1st Baron Dunleath (1819–1895), textile manufacturer
• James Witherow (1824–1890), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, 1878–1890, and writer
• Sir Donald Currie (1825–1909), founder and owner, Castle Shipping Line, 1862–1900, and Union-Castle Line, 1900–1909, and politician
• Joseph Gillis Biggar (1828–1890), Irish Home Rule MP for County Cavan, 1874–1890
• James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838–1922), jurist, historian and politician.
• Charles Williams (1838–1904), first Editor, Evening Standard, 1860–1863, first Editor, Evening News, 1881–1884, and war correspondent
• James Johnston Shaw (1845–1910), Whately Professor of Political Economy, Trinity College, Dublin, 1876–1891, judge, and Presbyterian minister
• Robert Charles (1855–1931), clergyman and biblical scholar
• Samuel Cunningham (1862–1946), businessman and Senator of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, 1921–1945
• Frederick Donnan (1870–1956), Professor of Physical Chemistry, and Director, Muspratt Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, University of Liverpool, 1904–1913, and Professor of General Chemistry, University College London, 1913–1937
• Sir Francis Evans (1897–1983), Ambassador to Israel, 1952–1954, Ambassador to Argentina, 1954–1957, and Agent for the Government of Northern Ireland in London, 1962–1966
• John Ward Armstrong (1915–1987), Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 1958–1968, Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore, 1968–1977, Bishop of Cashel and Ossory, 1977–1980, and Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh, 1980–1986
• Robin Eames, Baron Eames of Armagh (born 1937), Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, 1986–2006
• Douglas Gageby (1918–2004), Editor, Evening Press, 1954–1963, and Editor, Irish Times, 1963–1986
• Sir Donald Murray (born 1923), Lord Justice of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland
• Jack Kyle (born 1925), Ireland and British Lion rugby union player
• John Cole (born 1928), Political Editor, BBC, 1981-1992
• Denis Weaire, FRS Erasmus Smith Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin, and physicist
• James Stirling, CBE, FRS Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor in Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of Durham
• Kate Hoey (born 1946), Minister for Sport, 1998–2001
• Sir Paul Girvan (born 1948), Lord Justice of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland
• Ali McMordie (born c.1957), musician, founding member of Stiff Little Fingers
• William Crawley, BBC radio and television presenter

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Sources

References

• Belfast Royal Academy: The Second Century 1885-1985, by Edward McCamley
• Belfast Royal Academy: 1785-1935, by Hugh Shearman

External links

• Official school website
• BRA and the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme