Every morning, brilliant new stories are written by primary schoolchildren.They are all stored in our library (the stories, not the children). To read the stories and see the pictures, just click on the title or read more to view stories.
We also have stories from our other locations: Cork, Conamara, Galway, Kerry, Mayo, NorthWest, Wicklow, and Wexford
St. Mary’s JNS, Rowlagh, 2nd class, Fighting Words Wicklow, 11th February 2020
Demi, the baby giraffe met her best friend Sparkles the unicorn, in a zoo in California.
They kissed and hugged to say hello.
“I’m really afraid of being locked away and never being loved”, said Demi.
Belmayne Educate Together, National School, 5th Class, Fighting Words Dublin, 11 Feburary 2020
Long long ago and far away in FarmerVille, Sergeant Shoe was trying to steal a cow.
Sergeant Shoe had to get past Farmer Billy to get to the shed. He had to jump over Farmer Billy’s fence.
On his way, Sergeant Shoe bumped into Emperor Toe, who also wanted to steal the cow.
Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire, Cearnóg Pharnell, Rang 2, Fighting Words Dublin, 10ú Feabhra 2020
Tá Jim an sioráf anseo. Ta Kevin an koala ansin.
Tá Jim an sioráf ag caint le Kevin.
Dúirt Kevin, ‘Is gangster thú.’
Kennedy Park National School Whitemill Road, Whitemill South, Wexford, 5th Class, Fighting Words Wexford, 7th February 2020
Ed and Eddie were dancing outside at the door of the concert but the body- guard wouldn’t let them in.
Suddenly the sky turned dark and in a second a three eyed monster said “If you let me talk to Cornelius I will give you money”.
It starts to rain and the monster disappears.
Scoil na hAirde Thiar, An Aird Thiar, Carna, Rang 3,4,5,6, Co. na Gaillimhe Fighting Words Chonamara, 7/2/2020
Lá amháin, bhí an ghrian ag scoilteadh na gcloch.
Bhí Toby ag spraoi le Rú an coinín.
Tháinig Tintreach an gadhar agus thóg sé Rú.
Scoil Treasa, Firhouse, 3rd class, Fighting Words Wicklow, 6th February 2020
One day Edward the giraffe found a pig. Edward took the pig for a walk but he was too afraid to talk to him.
Then they met Sven the donkey. They got lost in the desert where they found Daniel the donkey.
Edward and Daniel start talking together and forget about the pig and Sven.
St Brigid’s Senior Girls National School, Finglas West, 3rd Class, Fighting Words Dublin, 6 February 2020
Lily was a cute little dog. But something happened – she was invaded by tarantulas!
Her friend Sara the dog came along. “I’ll save you!” she said.
The next day, Lily got her greatest wish. Lily’s greatest wish was to go on Ireland’s Got Talent. She got invited to go on with her friend Sara.
St Pius X BNS, 6th class, Fighting Words Wicklow, 5th February 2020
Doris Bonson, the Turtle was tired of his next door neighbour Christopher the Sea Pickle.
“Why do you want to Texit from Atlantis?” Christopher queried in the House of Bubbles, Atlantis’s parliament at No. 10 Drowning Street.
Just then, Ronald Mump, Doris’s best friend, suggested “We should build a wall of coral and kelp between the Seven Seas!!
St Fiachra’s Senior National School, 6th Class, Fighting Words Dublin, 5th February 2020
This is Kevin the Spud, he is a spud.
It’s an average day in McDonalds, rolling away from potato cutters.
All of a sudden, the President of Scotland walked in and asked for a Happy Meal.
Kilrane National School Kilrane, Wexford, 5th Class, Fighting Words Wexford
Once upon a time, flying above a swamp, there was a parrot named Tacko, and his best friend was called Daddy.
He was getting hungry, so he really wanted to eat a mosquito.
He nearly ate Daddy the mosquito. Daddy went over and yelled, “Stop! Stop! Its me, Daddy!”
Charleville Boys CBS 4th Class, County Cork, 08 November 2019
Once upon a time, there was a duck pond, just like any other duck pond.
There was a duck, but he was unlike any other duck, he was a ninja duck!
One day he wanted to be a hero and defeat his arch nemesis, Sir Hellfire.
Togher Girls NS, 6th Class, County Cork, 22 October 2019
One day at the park, on a spooky, scary Saturday, Jack was out with his friend James the silly boy.
He was riding his scooter and fell on his head. James then called Jacks mom.
After a while, his mom got cranky. She told him off and confiscated his scooter.
Togher GNS 6th Class, County Cork 16 October 2019
16th / 10/ 2015
Dear diary,
I’m going to Ireland to see my best friend. My bags are packed and I’m ready to go.
There is one problem though, I am scared of heights and I have to go on an aeroplane.
St Vincent's 3rd Class, County Cork 08 October 2019
Once upon a time, there was an old lady. She liked children but not in a real way.
Her name was Ms Carrey. She always wanted to get her way.
She used to be a superhero but when she lost she became evil.
St Vincent's 3rd Class, County Cork 01 October 2019
Once there was a girl named Mia who could shoot fire and she met a girl called Lily the Laser girl.
They were in the middle of a fight against a villain and they used their powers together and became best friends.
Lily wanted a pet so she got a penguin. She went to Mia and showed the penguin to her.
Scoil Athar Maitiú 6th Class, at Crawford Art Gallery, County Cork 27th of May 2019
Mary couldn’t believe what she was hearing; her beloved Uncle John was gone. It was going to be a long voyage. Mary hugged her doll tightly.
‘Oh why is life so hard!’ said Mary thinking about her Uncle.
Her doll, Eliza, had extremely soft, black hair that almost seemed real, and although her frock had once been lovely and new it was now old.
St Mary's NS Carrigaline, 3rd Class at Crawford Art Gallery, County Cork
Aither Astroid was a white fox with blue horns and black wings that lived in a painting in the Crawford Art Gallery. He sneaks out at night sometimes to get food.
Every day when the children come they touch and stroke the painting and he doesn’t like it!
Every time they touch the painting he disappears into another picture.
Scoil Chill Ruadhain Brooklodge N.S. 4th class at Crawford Art Gallery, County Cork
In the dangers of the jungle lived the orang-utan named Darwin and his trusty side-kick Turner the Turtle.
Turner the Turtle was not slow he was super fast. Every year the banana wrangler Peely, came into the jungle to hunt all the animals.
But of all the times he had come, he had only managed to hunt five animals. This year he is coming, but he won’t get anyone because a new superhero has arrived in the jungle.
Scoil an Athar Maitiú, 6th Class, County Cork, 02 May 2019
Manchesco Divelo is a talking dog and his biggest dream is to work at a circus.
His best friend’s name is Fat Betty and she is a cat. He lives in the city far from any circus.
He has an owner that is always gone to work and doesn’t really care about him.
Scoil Íosagaín, 3rd Class, County Cork, 15 March 2019
Once upon a time there was a giant pizza called Pepper Roni.
His best friend was Crisps, the alien, his head was made of crisps and his body was an alien’s.
They lived in a cave in a small village. Pepper Roni’s biggest wish was for the world to be made of pizza.
Scoil Chaitriona, Renmore, Galway, 3th – 5th Class, 3 May 2019
Billy the elephant was sitting down drinking water when Cody the robot dog came into the room. “There is a bat in the hall!” he cried.
Billy ran away and nobody saw him for two days. While Billy was gone, lots of rats came into the house.
Cody said,“Im going to eat them all!”
St Patrick’s Primary School, Lombard Street, Galway, 5th Class, 5 April 2019
Oslo the horse, the quick healer, is in her barn. It’s 4 o’clock in the afternoon. She is eating - but not a lot of food. She doesn’t get much food from her owners.
Fred the 4 year old, Oslo’s best friend, sneaks through a hole in the barn, carrying some of the dinner that he just had.
Oslo neighs at Fred. Oslo and Fred have a telepathic connection. They can talk to each other in their heads.
Mercy Primary School, St Francis Street, Galway, 5th and 6th class, 5 April 2019
Bob the fly is in an old dusty attic. He is walking around talking to his friend Billy the bee.
Bob wants to get out of the attic but he can’t fly out.
He asks Billy, “ Can you lift me out?”
Brierhill National School, Co. Galway, 4th Class
Gisha the cross-eyed pig lives in a big mansion. She is very popular at school and everybody knows her.
One day, Gisha’s best friend Millie the chubby pug went to the mansion.
Gisha came to the door and said to Millie, “Wipe your dirty paws!” They walked into the mansion.
St Patrick’s Primary School, Lombard Street, Galway, 5th Class
One day, Bitzy the crocodile was crawling through the forest. Peely Peely the donkey was hanging from the branches of a tree.
“Can you guide me to the nearest swamp?“ asked Bitzy.
“Yes! I will guide you to the nearest swamp,” Peely Peely replied.
Scoil Padraig Naofa, Cregmore, Claregalway, Co. Galway, 5th and 6th class
Shane is playing in a match. He’s just about to score the winning goal.
The crowd is silent. Shane swings his hammer and the ball goes into the back of the net.
The crowd roars and Shane’s team rush over and pick him up.
Scoil Pádraig Naofa, Cregmore, Claregalway, Co. Galway, 5th & 6th Class, 1 March 2019
It was a Thursday and Kyle Patoski and Ponnie the one-eyed girl were eating sausages at the table.
Kyle the dog was in a high chair. They were both enjoying their food.
Suddenly Kyle looked down and noticed that Ponnie was not wearing any socks
Scoil Fhursa Nile Lodge, Galway, 4th Class, 7 December 2018
Once upon a time there was a puppet called Jeffy, who was sitting by the fire.
He spotted a green bean and he screamed.
“Ughhhhh!” he gasped and then vomited.
Scoil Chroí Naofa Athenry, Co. Galway, 3rd Class, 7 December 2018
Once upon a time, Cupcake was playing with her best friend Coco the rainbow hamster.
They were riding a rainbow and having great fun.
All of a sudden, they fell off the rainbow.
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Athenry, 6th Class, 23 November 2018
Puddle the melting snowman was made by a lonely boy in his back garden during Christmas.
The boy had snatched a carrot from the Christmas dinner table and gave it to Puddle for a nose.
Puddle decided to call the carrot ‘Luke’ and they became fast friends. Luke saved Puddle from his loneliness.
Luke had been bought at the Christmas market, where he had been parted from his brother Steve.
Lecanvey National School Westport, Co. Mayo, 3rd-6th Class, 24 April 2018
Once upon a time there lived a butler called Bob. He lived with his wife, Maiden the Maid.
Bob dreamed about one day driving a diamond encrusted Bentley.
There was one problem! He was scared of driving.
Bullsmouth National School, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, 2nd-6th Class, 24 April 2018
Gilbert the giraffe had just fallen out of the only tree in the oasis.
“Are you okay?” asked Hammy the pig as he helped Gilbert up.
Carnacon National School Ballyglass, Co. Mayo, 3rd – 6th Class, 24 April 2018
Boom! Gilbert fell out of the tree.
Gilbert the giraffe had just fallen out of the only tree in the oasis.
“Are you okay?” asked Hammy the pig as he helped Gilbert up.
St Patrick’s National School, Castlebar County Mayo, 6th Class, 20 February 2018
A long time ago in Eggland, Chicky the Chicken was hatched.
Unfortunately Felix the Fox was nearby, living in a hole in the forest.
Felix the Fox and his foxy family were on the hunt looking for a juicy chicken.
St. Patrick’s National School Town, 6th Class, County Mayo, 20 February 2018
One dark evening, Jimmy the Farmer was buying cattle food at the mart.
After buying the food he walked to the grocery store to buy carrot seeds.
Jimmy drove home in his tractor, Johnny the John Deere, and planted the seeds.
St Angela’s National School, Castlebar, 5th Class, County Mayo, 23rd January 2018
Kiki the Koala gasped for breath as the evil broccoli closes in on her.
A carrot emerged from a hole in the ground and joined the broccoli in the chase.
“Ah! Bob, help me!” screamed Kiki the Koala. “My nails are going to be ruined!”
Breaffy National School, Breaghwy, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, 3rd Class 05 December 2017
Billy the crazy banana was wandering through the rainforest. He was very unhappy because he was getting very, very soggy with all the rain.
All of a sudden, a hungry monkey jumped down and ate him.
But then the monkey spat him out in disgust because Billy was all soggy.
Breaffy National School, Breaghwy, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, 3rd Class, 5 December 2017
Lizzie woke up and started to scream frantically. She started to panic because she realised that she was in the attic.
A light was coming from one of the walls. She touched it and it turned into a door.
She walked through the door, slammed it behind her and realised she’s in a long dark tunnel.
St Joseph’s National School, Derrywash, 3rd Class, County Mayo, 21st November 2017
When I first was a loose grape, I screamed because I fell in a lake of banana juice, which was in the family dog bowl.
Then Daniela was thirsty and needed a drink at the dog bowl.
At first, Gary was scared
St Attracta’s National School, Charlestown, 5th Class, County Mayo, 21st November 2017
Wilma the coconut was planning to have an ordinary day.
It was Christmas Eve and she was hoping to put the lights on the Christmas tree. She also was hoping to stay up late to see Santa Claus.
She looked out of her window and spotted a tsunami on the horizon.
Gaelscoil an Bhradain Feasa, 4th class, Fighting Words Wicklow, 22nd January 2020
There once lived an eyebrow called Paul. He really wanted to get a job in an office in Dublin Zoo.
On his way to the interview he got really nervous. He fell over and his eyebrow suddenly got very bushy.
Suddenly, out of the blue, an eyelash arrived, her name was Billie Eyelash!
Presentation Girls School, 4th Class, Maynooth, Fighting Words Wicklow, 21st January 2020
Once upon a time Alan the Avocado cat was walking through his Avocado stockroom.
That day his house had been flooded with water. The toilet water had a lot of gross things in it.
Suddenly the avocado stockroom locked down: there was another flood!
Presentation Girls School Maynooth 4th Class & St Philip’s Junior N.S. 1st Class Fighting Words Wicklow, 16 January 2020
Willow stood halfway in and halfway out of the wall.
She had been living in a mansion all alone for about 50 years.
She had been a servant in the house. Until one day, a chandelier fell on her.
St. Mary’s BNS, 5th class, County Wicklow, 9th January 2020
Jim the Rapper is in a recording studio.
When he finished recording about potato and ham he was about to leave when he met Chuck the Rabies Squirrel.
Chuck screamed at him “I won’t eat you.”
Presentation Girl’s School, 4th class, County Wicklow, 8th January 2020
One foggy morning, Joseph, an elderly man, woke up and ate breakfast. He had Weetabix and tea with his only daughter, Emily.
Suddenly his piranha fish, Paddy, grew in size and bit his daughter.
“Oww”, she roared. Joseph jumped up and tried to help her.
St. Andrew’s, Booterstown, 6th class, 12th December 2019
A long time ago the society of lemons created lemon squisher on a tropical island. All who entered the lemon squisher would enter lemon land.
It was Zesti the lemons greatest ambition to become the chosen lemon.
But it would be a long road and Zesti would face many tough times on the seas of lemonade.
St. Fergals NS, 2nd class, County Wicklow 11th December 2019
Once upon a time there was a cat called Scar, the Superhero cat.
His greatest wish was to have fish to eat. His best friend was Tom, the talking cucumber.
One day, Scar saw a monster. Prince Ben saved Scar from the evil monster.
St. Fergal’s NS, 2nd class, County Wicklow, 10th December 2019
There was a wolf that lived on the top of Mount Everest, called Frostbite.
One day when he was half way through his dinner he slipped and fell down into the deep snow.
Frostbite slid down the side of the mountain. He got a cut on his eye and he was mutated into a giant wolf with ice spikes on his back.
Our Lady of the Wayside NS, 6th class, County Wicklow, 5th December 2019
Octardo was a half-human, half-octopus who was really lonely.
One day he went to Supervalu where he met a lovely man called Bateson.
“Hello young man, today I woke up and sneezed three times,” moaned Octardo.
Our Lady of the Wayside NS, 6th class, County Wicklow, 4th December 2019
One Friday, Squiggle Pops was in McDonalds. He was getting a McFlurry, a big Mac meal with a latte and chicken nuggets.
When he got his meal he first went for the nuggets and then he found one burnt one.
So he kept it and called it Yohan because he liked it.
Mercy School, St. John’s Road Wexford, Co. Wexford, 5th Class, November 2019
Once a potato time on a scary night the employees opened the supermarket in space, the supermarket was called Mars Bar.
It was in a spider cave.
A group of Aliens ran in armed with potato peelers.
Mercy School, St. John’s Road Wexford, Co. Wexford, 5th Class, 8th November 2019
Once there lived a dragon called Finn and an orangutang called Jake.
They lived on dragon island.
They had never met a person before.
The reason they are on an island is because all the others dragons have been eradicated by people and Finn is the only dragon left.
Scoil Mhuire, Coolcotts Coolcott’s Ln, Townparks 5th Class, 18th October 2019
Mr and Mrs Bouncyshoes are very good friends.
They like having fun in space. .......
14 million years ago Uranus was born and Mrs. Bouncyshoes was petrified.
St. Iberius National School, Davitt Road, Wexford, 2nd Class/3rd Class
Once upon a time there was a Great White Shark named Scuba.
He had a sidekick called Searock. Searock was an Atlantic monster.
They were in the Atlantic Ocean and they met hunters.
St. Iberius National School Davitt Road, 5th Class/6th Class, County Wexford
You’re probably wondering how I got into this situation, but that begins all the way back here.
It will all come together when I tell you the story of how I lost in rock, paper, scissors with a chicken.
Mayglass National School Mayglass, Bridgetown 1st Class/2nd Class, County Wexford
One day Ashley is in her house and she goes for a walk.
Then she gets lost.
She sees some blackberries, then she falls into a hole and then she sees a candy house with a book.
Educate Together, Whitemill North, 6th Class, County Wexford
One day Humphrey was hungry.
Humphrey really liked stone bacon.
Then Gunther’s mother comes in and gets assassinated by the butcher.
Educate Together, Whitemill North, Wexford, 3rd Class, 3rd May 2019
There was a giraffe named Jeff, whose wish was that his neck was so high he could reach the moon to eat chocolate donuts!
He wished he could get an astronaut helmet, so he wouldn’t die in space.
While looking for one, he finds a genie bottle.
Kennedy Park National School, Whitemill Rd, Whitemill South, 3rd class, County Wexford
Jeff and Bob were in a fruit bowl trying to get eaten.
‘Hi, my name is Jeff the banana and I want to tell you about my life.’
Bob and Jeff are sitting in the fruit bowl and they are best friends.
Lady of Fatima School, Carrigeen St, Slippery Green, County Wexford
One day there was a boy called Paddy.
He came upon a snow leopard called Pablo in a forest and ever since they became friends.
He said to Pablo ‘I need a girlfriend’.
