Meeting the Dragons….Ronan and Conor Mc Garvey of Donegal Pens pictured in the den with the five dragons from the RTE Dragon’s Den series. From left, Peter Casey, Ramona Nicholas, Gavin Duffy, Barry O Sullivan and Sean O Sullivan.
Donegal Pen entrepreneurs Conor and Ronan McGarvey have been swamped with new orders since appearing on Dragon’s Den.
The two brothers, aged 13 and 15, from Loughanure, took the RTE show by storm and were awarded a €2,000 bursary and also $2,000 of orders.
But the orders have continued to roll in since Sunday night’s show.
No less than nine shops across the country have contacted the boys asking to stock their pens on top of the 20 shops already selling the pens.
There have also been dozens of enquiries from across the world looking for orders.
Many companies are also looking to use the boys’ new logo engraving service on the pens.
“It’s going to be a busy summer. We have to finish our school year first but we think we’re going to be in our shed making pens for a good part of the summer.
“We honestly never thought the response would be this great,” said the lads.