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30,000 visitors descend on city as Kilkenny goes green

By Kilkenny Now 16th March 2022 Post a comment

Festival Kilkenny is well and truly underway. Yesterday marked the beginning of six days of festival events featuring American marching bands, fireworks and fireshows, concerts, street entertainment and, of course, this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade. A spokesperson for Kilkenny County County said the city expects to welcome 30,000 visitors over the coming

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‘We’re itching to get back’ – St Patrick’s Festival returns to streets of Kilkenny with ‘bumper programme’

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2022 0

St Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny is returning to our streets next month. After last year’s ‘virtual festival’, Kilkenny County Council has confirmed the real deal will return this year with a six-day programme of events. These will include the St Patrick’s Day Parade; performances by American marching bands; street entertainment including

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New Netflix film helps Kilkenny animation studio to draw nice profit

By Kilkenny Now 12th December 2021 Post a comment

Kilkenny-based animation studio Cartoon Saloon has announced a major boost in profits. Cartoon Saloon Ltd posted a net profit of €1.18 million for 2020, up from €452,161 in 2019, with  its revenues already helped by its upcoming Netflix feature, My Father’s Dragon. And the business continued to grow this year as it hired staff, with […]

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Kilkenny’s very own Christmas cards designed by world-famous animators

By Kilkenny Now 14th November 2021 0

Kilkenny has its very own collection of three unique Christmas cards for 2021, designed by the world-famous Cartoon Saloon animation studio. The trio of cards depict Kilkenny Castle, Rothe House and St John’s Bridge over the River Nore, with the proceeds of the card sales giving a much-needed boost to the local cancer support centre, […]

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Public art, light installations and performance spaces ‘to transform Kilkenny city-centre’

By Kilkenny Now 21st September 2021 0

Almost half a million euros in funding has been allocated to create five artistic installations that reflect Kilkenny’s medieval heritage, culture and creativity. Kilkenny County Council will receive funding of €439,875 for the scheme as part of the Urban Animation Capital Investment Scheme. The project includes a Cartoon Saloon Mural at Watergate Performance Space,

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Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon takes big film prize at IFTA awards

By Kilkenny Now 5th July 2021 0

The animated feature film set in Kilkenny that has wowed audiences globally has picked up yet another prestigious gong. Wolfwalkers, by renowned animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, picked up the Best Film title at the Irish Film and Television Awards, which were held virtually last night. The film set in medieval Kilkenny can now add the […]

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‘Sadly it wasn’t fifth time lucky’ – Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon misses out on Oscar

By Kilkenny Now 26th April 2021 0

There was disappointment in Kilkenny last night after the city’s animation studio Cartoon Saloon was pipped to the Oscar by the favourite. The Oscar for best animated feature went to Pixar for their film ‘Soul’. It was the animation giant’s 17th Oscar. Cartoon Saloon’s ‘Wolfwalkers was the critics’ favourite, but like most of the other […]

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Kilkenny studio scoops SIX new awards in final countdown to big night at the Oscars

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2021 0

Kilkenny’s world renowned animation studio Cartoon Saloon has picked up no fewer than six new awards. Wolfwalkers, the mythological feature film set in Kilkenny, picked up five Annie Awards over the weekend, while Cartoon Saloon picked up another award for a short they made in collaboration with Greenpeace. The Annie Awards are handed out annually […]

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Epic feature set in medieval Kilkenny scoops first gong of awards season

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2021 0

The new feature film from Kilkenny’s globally renowned animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, has finally broken its duck at for this season’s film awards, picking up ‘Wolfwalkers’ first gong. Wolfwalkers won Best Animated Feature at the PETA Oscats last night where it picked up a Golden Feline. Every year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals […]

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Just one movie stands in way of Oscar glory for Kilkenny: bookies

By Kilkenny Now 22nd March 2021 0

Only one movie stands in the way of Kilkenny film Wolfwalkers grabbing an Oscar next month, according to the betting in the wake of the nominations reveal last week. The latst Oscar-nomination feature from  Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon studio has been confirmed as one of the final contenders on the shortlist for Best Animated Feature at […]