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