The enterprising pupils of St Ninnidh’s PS in Derrylin have been basking in all-Ireland glory after beating off tough competition to be named the country’s top ‘Creative Pioneers’.
The P7 class had been competing in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme, which put the pupils’ creative talents to the test.
Following brainstorming sessions with and presentations to local business experts – including Danielle Cadden from CADCO, Fiacre O’Donnell from ENCIRC, Dara O’Reilly from MANNOK, and Mark McCaffrey from Crust and Crumb – the students came up with a range of innovative business ideas. These included a comic book called ‘Bean Ink’, a podcast called ‘Derrylin Diaries’, and car stickers called ‘Flat to the Mat.’
They also created a special mug themed around local band The Tumbling Paddies, cleverly named ‘Ceol agus Ól’, which was selected by the experts as the winning idea.
“After a rigorous Q&A session with the experts, the winning idea was ‘Ceol Agus Ól – A Tumbling Paddies Mug,’ which the ‘Dragons’ believed would be most successful for our students to pursue, given that the pupils are huge fans of the band and that Gareth Maguire attended St. Ninnidh’s PS,” said a rightly proud P7 teacher Cassie Cadden.
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