Fighting Words

Write Up Your Street, a free publication available in Belfast, looks at the everyday through a new lens

Fighting Words NI aims to expand support for children and young people who are most seldom heard

A poem by Kaila Patterson, age 16, Belfast

A poem by Lorcan McCusker, age 12

An extract from a story by P5, Carrick Primary School

Dán le Clíodhna Ní Neachtain, 12 bliain d’aois, An Spidéal, Co na Gaillimhe

Dán le Donnacha Ó Tuairisc, 15 bliana d’aois, Co na Gaillimhe

A story by Olivia Willis Lawlor, age 13, Co Armagh

A poem by Rufus O’Connell Cantillon, age 17, Cork City

A story by Ellie O’Mordha, age 11, Dublin

A story by Isabelle Scott, age 13, Dublin

A story by Oisín Twomey, age 18, Cork City

A poem by Amelia Iwanicka, age 15, Co Wexford

A poem by Rachel McCloskey, age 17, Co Louth

An extract from a story by rang a sé at St Louis Senior Primary, Ráth Maonais, Baile Átha Cliath

An extract from a story by ranganna a trí agus a ceathair, Scoil Mhuire, An Tuairín, Béal an Daingin, Co na Gaillimhe

An extract from a story by Rang a Trí, Bunscoil an tSléibhe Dhuibh, Belfast

Fighting Words: A radio play written by students of the VT and RT classes at National Learning Network, Community Development Project, Letterkenny

A story by Ruby Cusack Cave, age 15, Co Wicklow

An extract from stories by three primary schools in Ulster

A story by Ella Jones, age 15, Co Dublin

An extract of a story by first class, Scoil Aoife Community National School, Co Dublin

A extract from a story by sixth class, Scoil Eoin Phóil, Leixlip, Co Kildare

An extract from a story by third and fourth class, Rosenallis National School, Rosenallis, Co Laois

Dán le Ciara Ní Phiotáin, 13 bliana d'aois, An Spidéal, Co na Gaillimhe

Dán le Éire Ní Fhaoláin, 17 bliana d’aois, Co Loch Garman

A poem by Cian Jackson, age 18, Dublin

A story by Julia Pimenta Galiza de Freitas, age 17, Dublin

A story by Rachael Anderson, age 17, from Co Antrim

A poem by Rosa Vallebella (18) from Cork city

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A story by Umayma Yasin, age 11, Grade 4, Yibaayil School, Yibaayil village, Nugal region, Somalia

A story by Valentine Jones, age 17, Co Limerick

Rang a 2, 3, 4, Bunscoil Sancta Maria, Sráid Synge, baile átha Cliath

A story by Andrew McHugh, age 15, Co Galway

An extract from a story by P6, Knockbreda Primary School, Belfast, Co Antrim

An extract from a story by fourth class, St Mary’s National School, Edenderry, Co Offaly

An extract from a story by P4, St Paul's Primary School, Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh

An extract from a story by second class, St Laurence O’Toole CBS, Dublin

An extract from a story by fourth class, St Mary's Senior National School, Blessington, Co Wicklow