The 2020 Exhibition is Open!
This year for the very first time we changed the format of our very popular Pumpkin decorating competition to an online event. We have been amazed and thoroughly entertained by the very high standard of all the entries and it was very difficult to pick the winners! There were over 320 entries!—all included here.
An astonishing array of very creative and innovative techniques have been used by all ages of contestants: from very detailed low-relief, semi-transparent carving to stick-on cut-outs and papercraft, and mixed-media assemblages.
Some of those media have blown us away too. From shiny glitter to actual screws and nails! Soft natural feathers, leaves and hair. Lego and sweets. Toys and sports equipment! Rubbish bags, cobwebs and 600 spikes! Not to mention, very clever use of light—lest we forget that!
The subjects are also broad and fascinating: Funny and terrifying monsters, ghosts and witches—of course; but also lovely fairies, angels and unicorns; dinosaurs, foxes, fish, pets—bats and cats! Well-known Superheroes, and the lesser-known ones in medicine fighting viruses. Covid-19 and politics are accompanied by personal anxiety; but there are also comforting notions of home! Didn’t we say we’ve been amazed and entertained? Bravo to everyone.
So we want to thank all of you who entered the competition (thank you!) and feel that everyone who entered deserves to have their pumpkin viewed by the public in this online exhibition. We do hope you enjoy viewing them as much as we did!
- 0-4 Category Entries
- 5-6 Category Entries
- 7-8 Category Entries
- 9-10 Category Entries
- 11-18 Category Entries
- 18+ Category Entries
- Environmental Pumpkin Category Entries
- Family or Group Category Entries
To see the winners’ gallery only « click here
0-4 Category Entries
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- Fionn 21 months Untitled
- Ronan Gregg 4 Lady Pumpkitty
- Matilda Cummins 3 Glitter Monster Pumpkin
- Adam O’Mahony 3 Turtle Head
- Holly Robertson 0-4 Paint Smashing Pumpkin
- Charlie Salter 4 An Tarbh
- Alannah MacMahon 4 Unicorn Pumpkin
- Abigail Anderson 3 Pumkin
- Elijah Nevin Knight 2.5 Little Leafy the Birdfeeder
- Oscar Morrissey- Age 4 -T Rex baby dinosaur hatching during the Covid19 lockdown ROARRR
- Isla Haworth 0-4 Rainbow
- Eabha Corcoran 4 Pumpkin Ghoul
- Myles Kirwan 4 Under the Sea
- Baily 2 Unicorn
- Emilie 0-4 Pumpkin Fall
- Dearbhla Ui Chuis 4 Princess good
- Adam McGinty 4 Pat
- Gracie May Burke 4 Newnicorn
- Gracie May Burke 4 I found Nemo
- Eoghan Morrissey 4 Blaze and the Monster Machines
- Clodagh Corcoran 2.9 Babe in the woods
- Halle Melia 2.75 Lady Pumpkin
- Zoe Spring 0-4 Chocolate Apple
- Aisling O’Callaghan 4 Feather Head
- Rian Gahan 4 Captain Underpants
- Iris Brennan 3 Scarcrow Pumpkin
- Lily Carthy 0-4 Poppy heading out
- Amalia Bjerg 3 Daisy Pumpkin
- Niall 2 Blue monster
- Clodagh Hickey 0-4 Nurse Rainbow
- Chloe Klap 0-4 Rainbow
- Lara Byrne 3 Sweetie
- Emilie Cowley Lane age 4 Hairy Baby
- Ciara O’Sullivan 4 An Cailleach bogha baisti
- Naomi Klap 0-4 Flower Power
- Toru Nishino 0-4 Rock Pikmin
- Beni 3 Peg Maniac
5-6 Category Entries
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- Agnes Coleman 5 Elsa the Pumpkin
- James Maloney 5 Mr. Grinch
- Liam Barry 5-6 Spooky Pete
- Lauren Ui Chuis 6 Leaf me alone
- Michael Mann 6 Zombie Breaks
- Oisin Byrne 5 The wheels on the bus
- Roan Mullarkey 5 Darth Vader
- Cuan O’Donaill 5-6 Keep it mellow
- Dorian 6 Halloween Decoration
- Aida di Palma 5-6 Pastel Punky
- Flynn McDonald 6 Jack from the Night Before Christmas
- Alex Tully 5 Toffee Apple
- Daniel Miszkiel 5-6 Bat Pumpkin
- Joseph Sorohan 5 Where’s Wally at Halloween
- Jamie Evans 5-6 Spooky Lego Jail
- Kylle 6 Captain Jack
- Rose Ni Neill 5-6 Sciathan Leathair
- Evie Rose O’Mara 5-6 Unicorn Pumpkin
- Rian Cavanagh 6 Bob
- Saoirse O’Mahony 5 Lightening
- Darragh O’Loughlin 5 Bemlin the Gremlin
- Roisin Brennan 5-6 Zooming Pumpkins
- Chloe Verger 5-6 Mrs. Liosa Unicorn
- Leo Spring 6 Bat Boy
- Zoe Straton aged 6 Party Pooper
- Didi Connolly O’Donnell Susie
- Croiadh Small 5-6 Princess Pumpkin Patch
- Jude Dunne 5 Terrifying Turnip
- Alex Teggin 5-6 Mr. Zombie
- Oisin Ni Fh 5 Foxkin
- Robin Eager 5-6 Pumpkin Spike and his 600 toothpicks
- Noemie Ntoko 5-6 Pumpkin Spider
- Sophie Ostojicova 5-6 Owl
- Kellie Bohan 6 Miss Unicorn
- Yumo Wan 6 Pumpkin House
- Louise McGrath 6 Fia the Bubble Blower
- Aida Moisa 5 Minnie Mouse
- Walter Connolly O’Donnell 6 Billy Bob Joe
- Daniella Ring 5 Woofy
- Lucy Cormican 5-6 Ruby the Pumpkin Witch
- Irmina Kalzuka 5-6 Pumpkin the Mask
- Isobel Lyons 5-6 Pumpkin Punk
- Sophie Black 6 Harry Potter
7-8 Category Entries
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- Caoimhe Kavanagh 8 Frankie Frankenstein
- Saibh O’Sullivan 7-8 An Beach Gnothach
- Aoife Delaney 7-8 YODA CAT
- Cillian Mullarkey 8 Master Yoda from Starwars
- Sadbh Down 7-8 Unicorn Witch
- Kate Rooney 7 Crayola the Unicorn
- Liadain Verling 7-8 Carved Covid
- Sylvester Kalveka 7-8 Husky Pumpkin
- John McGrath 7 Sonic
- Daragh Coleman 8 Stormtrooper
- Hope Cribbin 7-8 Among Us
- Jamie 8 Little Jack
- Federico Ceranto 7-8 Carvers vs spiders
- Faye McDonnell 8 Golden Snitch
- Yoshiharu Tomikawa 7 Orange Cat
- Jonathan Mooney 7-8 Spider Pumpkin
- Darragh Doherty 7-8 Are you going to the Dentist
- Danny Lyons 7-8 Covid-19
- Anna Maguire 7 Trash Bag Papermache eco
- Brandon Humphries 8 Mr. Krabs Spongebob
- Una Donnelly, 7-8, Pussy
- Oliwia Sajdyk 8 Tiny little Fox
- Orla 7-8 Angry Bird
- leon donovan 7-8 mickey mouse
- Lua Reynolds 8 Day of the Dead
- Brandon Humphries 8 Jack the Pumpkin King Night before Christmas
- Conor McGinty 8 Blue Bird
- Ella Byrne 8 Tony the Owl
- Anna Morrissey 7 Princess Sparkle
- Aoibhe Gahan 8 Melted rainbow on a pumpkin
- Nathan Dexie 7 Training and Waiting
- Holly Flynn 7 Colourful Panda
- Cadhla Guilfoyle 8 Mandolorian + Baby Yoda
- AJ 7 Deadpool
- Pearl O’Shaughnessy 7 Stripes
- Isabelle May Maher 8 Horrorscope Constellations
- Ella May O’Callaghan 8 Skelly Nelly
- Ella Connolly 7-8 Uri
- Darragh Doherty 7-8 Max the Pumpkin
- Orla 7-8 Minion Bob
- Kabir Agnihotri 7-8 years Fall 2020
- Lucy Haworth 7 Lion
- Andrew Doherty 7-8 Tina the Scary Pumpkin
- Leon Ostojicova 7-8 The Crazy
- Anna Maguire 7 Little One
- Rebecca Tully 7 Candy
- Orla Byrne 7 Ellie the Princess
- Patrick Sorohan 7 Zombie Burger
- Patrick Senda 8 Happy Holidays
- Poppy McDonald 7 Scary Pumpkin
- Rinko Nishino 7-8 Red Pikmin
- William O’Mahony 8 Stabbed Eye Man
- Isabelle Maher 8 Pumpkin Villa
- Millie Murphy 8 Pumpicorn
- Sasha Ostojicova 7-8 Lucky
- Orla 7-8 Monster Eye
- Aodh Ui Chuis 7 Pirate Mummy messy
- Maeve Moore 8 Maeves Mad Cow
- Dearbhaile Corcoran 7-8 Rainbow pumpkin
- Jack Salter 8 Lets keep playing safely
- Ethan Abrams 7-8 Long Eared Owl
- Layla Byrne 8 Party Pumpkin
- Andrew Doherty 7-8 Are you going to scream
- Liana Ring 7 Sionni
- Aaron O’Sullivan 7 Keven
- Sarah Grace Lawlor 7 I’m being 2020 for Halloween
- Eliot Dunne 8 Covid Crazy
9-10 Category Entries
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- Ava Brennan 9-10 Smurfette
- Oisin Comiskey 9-10 The Bull
- Brea Mullarkey 10 Autumn Unicorn
- Bebhinn O’Mara 9-10 Myself
- Cathal Gallagher 9-10 Ghost
- Lucy Maguire 10 Trash Bag papermache eco pumpkin
- Charlie McCloskey 9-10 A stranger Halloween
- Bella O’Neill 9-10 Stitch
- Izzy Aspel 9-10 Decoupage Pumpkin
- Rhys Connolly 9-10 Out of this World
- Hannah Gooding 9-10 Off to Hogwarts!
- Florence Cashman Ella Lokmer 9-1 Sadie the spa day lady
- Abaigh McGeough 9-10 Sparky the monster
- Lucy Maguire 10 Diakon Eyes
- Ruby Brennan 9-10 The Witch
- Olivia Wasik 10 Spider Witch
- Kyle 9 Scary Skell
- Grace McBride 10 Shining
- Eibhlin Barrett 9 Halloween Black Cat Well that’s a turnip for the spooks
- Elliot Murray 9 BB8 from Starwars
- Caoimhe O’Brien 9-10 Slappy from Goosebumps
- Katie Smith 9-10 Peek a Boo Pumpkin
- James Cowley Lane Age 9 COVID-19 Pumpkin
- Leo Rooney 9 Olaf
- Ailbhe Kavanagh 9 Delvin the Devil
- Kate Murphy 10 Frank-Kin
- Kayla Redden 9-10 Luna Lovegood
- Mark Burke 10 The Great Pumpkin Famine
- Millie Colley Kenny 10 Orange is sus
- Kian Rowan 10 The Pumkinater
- Liam and Peadar O’Neill 9-10 Beyblade Burst
- Orla Hughes 9 Hamilton Pumpkin
- Mia Raftery 10 Student Worries
- Ciara Creevey 9 Breaking Out
- Aoife Morrissey 9 My World
- Thomas Carey 9-10
- Victoria Wasik 10 Pennywise from It
- Andrea Hughes 9-10 Stitch
- Liam McGinty 9 Pika
- Gabreil and Eleni 9-10 Mental Pumpkin
- Adam Deane 9 Who stole Halloween
- Eabha Coleman 10 A spooky graveyard stroll
- Leia Moore 10 Sloth in a tree
- Eric Xu 9 Pumpkin on Holiday
- Billy Jay Madden 10 Mario
- Susanna McDonald 9-10 Wonderfully wicked witch
- Abby Farrelly 9 Freddie and Fidelma the flamingos
11-18 Category Entries
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- Jill Giles 11-18 Covid Bat
- Sonny Carey 11-18
- Lochlainn Crowe 11-18 Imposter
- Conor Hillary 13 Two faced pumpkin
- Emma Carvill 11-18 Wicked Witch of the West
- Mia Colley Kenny 14 Boo
- Nadine Small 11-18 Stay safe, Stay Home and save lives
- Rianna Cribbin 11-18 Good vs Evil
- Grace Boyd 11-18 The Devil
- Leah Kelly 15 Mike Wasawski
- Johnny Tobin 11-18 Deaumaur
- Isibéal- 11 – sad kitten polly
- Ronan McNally 11-18 Toothy Man
- Joan 12 Keep Safe
- Juliette Lawless Dodeman 11-18 Grumpy face
- Darragh Byrne 11-18 The Imposter
- Eabha Caragher 11-18 Amir Amir AKA Moustache Man
- Esther Patricia Ntoko 11-18 Firework Pumpkin Web
- Ciara Lavery 11 Donald Trumpkin
- Laila Ryan 12 Halloween Vase
- Hannah McAuliffe 12 Flower Fiesta
- Nathan Millar 11-18 Evil Nun
- Maisie Smith 11-18 The Vegetable Ensemble
- Yuzuki Tomikawa 11 Animal Crossing Pumpkin
- Jack Eustace 11 Mr Prickles
- Skirmante Mackevicius 11-18 Banshee
- Filip Sajdyk 11 Autumn House
- Favour 11-18 The Witch
- Emma Kelly 13 Haunted Castle
- Elisha Gallagher 11-18 Minion
- Enya Silkena 13 Spooky Graveyard
- Alanah McKenzie 13 Have a safe Halloween
- Siun Cummins 14 Even stranger things
- Lauren Coffey 11-18 BatGirl
- Tara Power 11-18 The Corpse Bride
- Kim Tobin 11-18 SpiderHalloween
- Orlaith Brannigan 11-18 Totoro
- Katie Cowley Lane – age 11 – Stinky Joe
- Sonia Gieros Tchorz 12 We Hate Covid
- Eva Moore 12 Pampered Pumpkin
- Robert 11 Spiderman
- Eve O’Sullivan 11 Joe
- Anthony Good 12 The Nightmare before Christmas
- Isabel O’Mara 11-18 Doughnut Pumpkin
- Sarah Tobin 11-18 Coke
- Jake O’Shaughnessy 11 The Virus
- Leah Mann 11 We are the vaccine
- Ryan Wang 11 Alien came to the town
- Jill Giles 11-18 Covid Bat BW
- Sophie Blee 12 Yummy Burger
- Freya Fallon 12 Among Us
- Grainne Brannigan 11-18 Ron Weasley
18+ Category Entries
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- Alicia Boland 18+ The Butterfly Garden
- Alien from Toystory 18+ Becca Carney
- Catherine Donovan 18+ House of no return
- Clifford the Dog 18+ Sally Lewis
- Cristina Parlea 18+ Fredy Pumpkin
- Damien Kelly 18+ Frankie
- Deborah Kelly 18+ Witchery
- Derkin Down 18+ Michael Myers Halloween
- Friederike Hegelau 18+ Senorita Pepita Pumpkin
- Grazyna Chyla Kacmarek 18+ Celtic Owl
- Iryna Herasymenko 18+ Smiley
- Jenny Moran 18+ Baby Yoda
- Jesina Joseph 18+ Hallowication
- Jolita Kazakauskaite 18+ Blooming Pumpkin
- Leah Kinsella 18+ Cinderella
- Leah Kinsella 18+ Spiderman
- Leah Kinsella 18+ Web Crystal Pumpkin
- Niamh Coughlan 18+ Plague Doctor
- Niamh Coughlan 18+ Winifred Sanderson Hocus Pocus
- Pamela Cribben 18+ Sunflower
- Phelim Cribben 18+ Fire Starter
- Reiko Tomikawa 18+ Stormtrooper
- Sarah Tyrell 18+ Freddy Kruger
- Sarah Tyrell 18+ Valek The Conjuring 2
- Zoe Salter Townshend 18+ The HallowQueen_Special Needs
Environmental Category Entries
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- 4th Class St. Marys Environmental Fighting Covid
- Niamh Ui Chuis Env I’M a habitat
Family and Group Category Entries
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- Malgorzata Karpinska Family Mrs. Autumn
- Miss Kiely St Marys Group Day of the Dead
- Jane O’Gorman Family Zuma
- Burke family 4 and 10 Jail House Squash
- Collier Family Baby Yoda
- Senior Infants St. Marys Dungarvan Halloween Cauldron
- Charlie family Godzilla
- Eleanor McKenna 10 Family Up Up and Away
- Jenny and Jack Dunne Family The Witches Brew
- Ruths House Childminding 6 to 12 In our Bubble Pumpkins
- Lucy and Anna Maguire 10 and 7 Eco group
- Campbell family Don’t let your Mask slip
- Cribbin Family Cribbin Army
- Piper Leighton Celine Family Minions
- Byana Maksimovic Family Peppa Pig for my little girl
- Chloe Byrne 4 Family Dumbo
- 6th Class St. Marys Dungarvan Creepy Cat
- St. Marys NS Dungarvan Spooky Town
- O’Sullivan Family Angler Pumpkin
- Ni Dhomhnaill Family We all in this together
- Emily and Lucy Bermingham Family Mr. Pumpkill
- Carly and Tammy 2 and mammy Poppy from Trolls
- Booma Childcare Group Even minions show care
- Jude OVP Family Group Covid-19 Captured
- Collier Family Pumpkin Pig
- Allannah MacMahon Family Finding Fungie
- Senior Infants St. Marys Frankenstein
- Piper Leighton Celine Family Tinker Bell
- Nicole Blanc and Family Frozen
- Victoria Family HallowCat
- Elaine and Emilie 4 Family The Crazy Cousin
- Noah Byrne 7 Pikachu
- 1st Class St. Marys Group Friendly Spider
- McAuliffe Family Bootiful Florals
- Alex Byrne family Alex’s puppy pumpkin
- Bridget and Izzy Aspel Family Bride Pumpkin
- Piper Leighton Celine Family Ironman
- Salter Family The Real Pot of Gold
- Ursula Small Family Bluegey Man the Fish
- Lilla Farkas and Patrik Akyol 15 and 4 Pumkin Ildibo and Pumpkin Peter
- Piper Leighton Celine Group Husky Dog
- Senior Infants St Marys Ms Kiely Group Batty
- Ellie and Lucy Monaghan Family Yoda and Chewbacca in a Glasnevin Galaxy far far away.
- Tammy Carney with children age 2,7, 11
- St. Marys Primary school Scary Spider
- Carly and Tammy 2 and mammy Cocomelon
- Sylvia, Sylvester, Sylvester, Irmina Kaluzka Family Halloween Chicken
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