Story Seeds - Launch of Springtime in the North Inner City!

Introducing Story Seeds: Springtime In The North Inner City
A collection of six stories by primary school students from the northside of Dublin

In January 2021, Sgt. Aoife Reilly of the Mountjoy Garda Community Engagement Unit approached Fighting Words with the idea of collaborating on a creative project for primary school students on the northside of Dublin. 

Following meetings with Fighting Words staff, the Story Seeds project was born: new stories to celebrate the areas where we all live, work and play. The idea was that the first school would write the first chapter of a story, the next class would write the second chapter and so on.

The six Story Seeds stories were written between March and May 2021 at online workshops with the participating schools and teams of volunteer mentors and illustrators from Fighting Words.

We think you will agree that each story is full of action and fun starring a huge range of inventive characters in adventures from Croke Park to Dublin Zoo, from The Garden of Remembrance to Johnny Cullen’s Hill, from Griffith Park to the GPO and everywhere in between.

Congratulations to all the young writers from 22 schools for a fantastic achievement.

Click below to read them all!