Fighting Words
Young Irish Writing
The Book, Bartholemew and The Ghostbusters
An extract from a story by fourth class, St Mary’s and St Gerard’s National School, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow
The Journey to the Go-Cart
An extract from a story by third class, St Vincent’s Primary School, Cork
The Frogalypse
An extract from a story by third-sixth class, Annalitten National School, Castleblayney, Co Monaghan
Hombonkulous Michael and the Revenge of the Fallen
An extract from a story by sixth class, St Paul’s Primary School, North Brunswick Street, Dublin
The Crazy Day
An extract from a story by fourth class, Sacred Heart Senior National School, Tallaght, Dublin
Jeremy the Giraffe and the Case of the Golden Banana
An extract from a story by fifth class, Scoil Naomh Eoin, Killenard, Co Laois
The Needle
An extract from a story written by transgender and gender diverse young people who participated in a residential weekend with Transgender Equality Network Ireland
Celebrating 10 years of Fighting Words student storytelling: ‘Not for a minute have they ceased to amaze’
Glenn Patterson is founding patron of Fighting Words NI and director of the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s University Belfast
Hombonkulous Michael and the Revenge of the Fallen
An extract from a story by sixth class, St Paul’s Primary School, North Brunswick Street, Dublin
The Crazy Day
An extract from a story by fourth class, Sacred Heart Senior National School, Tallaght, Dublin
Why the bat flies at night
A story by Ayub Tor Dau, primary eight, Melut Girls Primary School, Upper Nile State, South Sudan
Red Ruby
A story by Fiona, Breifne College, Co Cavan, who partook in Tales to Scale, a project by Fighting Words
The All-Ireland Final
An extract from a play by Aoibheann, Chloe, Farrell and Holly, pupils at Breifne College in Co Cavan, who participated in Tales to Scale, a project by Fighting Words
Ted and Peely’s Great Adventures
An extract from a story by Maine Integrated Primary School, Randalstown, Co Antrim
Jeannette and the thief at the market
A story by a student writing club in Bunyuka, Democratic Republic of the Congo
‘There’s a spark in Fighting Words that ignites the minute you come through the door’
From early school leaver to author: Djamel White’s life was changed forever when Roddy Doyle’s creative writing organisation gave him encouragement
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