Check out previous winners below and see if your Mini-Company measures up!
Year - 2023/2024
Senior Category
Company Name: Plant Paradise
School: St Kevins Community College
Students: Laila Fox, Clodagh Flynn, Violetta Molero Miguel, Melanie Gleeson
Junior Category
Company Name: The Christmas Scene
School: Avondale Community College
Students: Conor Kelly and Eoghan Doyle
Year - 2021/2022
Senior Category
Company Name: Wood On Fire
School: Dominican College, Wicklow Town
Students: Hannah Traynor, Isabella Ledesma, Clara Roldan, Clara Dunne
Junior Category
Company Name: Ornaments Galore
School: Coláiste Craobh Abhann, Kilcoole
Students: Quillan Byrne, John Turley, Sebastian Anton
Year - 2020/2021
Senior Category
Company Name: Simple Signposts
School: East Glendalough School
Students: Nadia Finnan, Heidi Zeig, Hillary Hollingsworth
Junior Category
Company Name: Sugar Shack
School: Coláiste Craobh Abhann, Kilcoole
Students: Oisin Reynolds, Cian O'Brien, Rosie Davies
Year - 2019/2020
Company Name: T.Ó.T Hurlstands
School: Coláiste Bhríde, Carnew
Details: Maurice Tobin & Cian O’Tuama as sports players saw a gap in the market for a place in your home to store hurling equipment. Their mini-company designed and manufactured a unique mountable shelf and hook combination to store hurls and sliotars.
Year - 2018/2019
Company Name: The Chop
School: Coláiste Bhríde, Carnew
Details: Shane Brown and Robert Davey manufacture beautiful wooden chopping boards made from locally sourced wood with the aim of selling their product at local markets.
Year - 2017/2018
Company Name: Wild Wicklow Crafts
School: Coláiste Craobh Amhann, Kilcoole
Details: Dylan Symes and Sam Ireland design and manufacture bespoke pieces from wild Wicklow sourced material.
Year - 2016/2017
Company Name: Too Good To Be Shoe
School: Colaiste Bhríde, Carnew
Details: Too Good To Be Shoe is an innovative business making wine racks, coat racks and more from Horesehoes.
Year - 2014/2015
Company Name: Exerdice
School: Colaiste Craobh Amhann, Kilcoole
Details: ear Jordan & Rachel Kennedy have designed and manufactured dice which have various exercises on each side rather than the traditional dots, and is designed to make exercise a little more fun
Year - 2013/2014
Company Name: Board No More
School: Coláiste Bhríde, Carnew
Details: Neill Murphy, Stanley Hadden, Joe Gardiner and Tony Kavanagh have designed and manufactured a wooden board game to a very high standard
Year - 2012/2013
Company Name: The Band Wagon
School: Coláiste Bhríde, Carnew
Details: Emily O'Reilly, Michael Browne, Jack Donnelly and Nathan Curran design and sell customised silicon wristbands to clubs and associations nationwide. Their products include a range of anti-bullying wristbands which were included in the GAA 2013 Tackling Bullying initiative.
Year - 2011/2012
Company Name: Irish Baubles
School: St. David's Secondary School, Greystones
Details: Ciara Whooley had the idea for Irish Baubles during the summer after her Junior Cert. She creates beautiful Irish designs for Christmas Tree Baubles and gets them manufactured for her - as she's a sole trader - by artists to hand paint scented to the inside of glass baubles. Ciara went on to represent Wicklow at the National Finals in April 2012 - and won outright! Ciara enjoyed her many prizes throughout the year including an all expenses paid trip to beautiful Rome, and is still running her business today. You can visit her website at www.irishbaubles.com
Year - 2010/2011
Company Name: Glow
School: St. David's Secondary School, Greystones
Details: Donal Campbell, Adam Harris, Adam Brennan and Adam Synnott are the students behind this business, who have patterned Hi-Vis armbands for Primary school children & girl guides
Year - 2009/2010
Company Name: The Quaid Quartet
School: Coláiste Bhríde, Carnew
Details: Timothy Quaid and his siblings have played musical instruments from a young age, and when the option to start his own business in Transition Year arose, Timothy took the opportunity to develop a CD of all their best works. They have sold very successfully and look set to take the world of classical music by storm.
Year - 2008/2009
Company Name: Key Times
School: Coláiste Chroabh Abhann in Kilcoole
Details: Seeing a need amoung locals for a convenient way of finding their bus schedule, the team of five young entrepreneurs designed a portable, compact timetable which attaches to a key chain. They wrote and excellent business report, had an imaginative exhibition stand and made a great presentation
Year - 2007/2008
Company Name: BASE Movies
School: St. David's Secondary School, Greystones
Details: BASE Movies create professional DVD' with menu's and chapter selection from VHS and home videos. After winning the overall prize at County Level, the four boys from St David's went on to win Best Display Award at the National Finals in May 2008.
Year - 2006/2007
Company Name: Custom Hoodz
School: St. Mary's College, Arklow
Details: The four girls from St Mary’s have been running their mini-company since September, taking orders for hoodies and designing a personalised message for the front and back of each one. They went on to represent County Wicklow at the National Final of the Student Enterprise Awards in the Tullamore Court Hotel, Co Offaly on Sunday 13th May 2007.
Year - 2005/2006
Company Name: The Flower Pot Men
School: Coláiste Bhríde, Carnew
Details: The group consisted of Conor Behan, PJ Mulhall and William Osbourne, they designed and manufactured wooden garden accessories (window boxes ect. for plants). Following their success in the County Final, The Flower Pot Men went on to represent Wicklow in the National Final of the County & City Enterprise Board Students Enterprise Awards where they won the Best Display Award.
Year - 2004/2005
Company Name: County On Us
School: St. David's Secondary School, Greystones
Details: The group consisted of Eoghan Brophy, Ruth McElroy, Ciara Taylor and Alison Scarff, they developed science equipment packs for the transition year Intel Design and Discovery Modules, which they sold to transition year teachers. Following their success in the County Final, the St. David's team went on to represent Wicklow in the National Final of the County & City Enterprise Board Students Enterprise Awards.
Year - 2003/2004
Company Name: "Football 24-7"
School: St. Gerards, Bray
Details: Comprising Gavin Moran, Robert Young, Kevin Brady and Bernard Loughran, the winning team formed a mini company called "24-7", which successfully identified, researched, produced and marketed a guide to the Eircom League. Following their success in the County Final, the St. Gerard's team went on to represent Wicklow in the National Final where they won the award for the most innovative projects.
Year - 2002/2003
Company Name: DOS
School: St. Gerards, Bray
Details: Graham Aherne, Robert Flanagan, Georgina Magnier and Louise Towers set up Digital Organised Studies Ltd., a mini-company producing digital study aids for Junior Certificate Students. After winning the Wicklow Section the four went on to the National Finals in Tullamore, Co. Offaly where they went on to win first prize. This was a great achievement for the four young directors.
