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Summer date confirmed for popular local folk festival featuring Kilkenny artists

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2021 0

A local folk and art festival which features many of Kilkenny’s leading musicians and artists will go ahead this summer. The Clancy Brothers Music and Art Festival in Carrick-on-Suir will return this year from Wednesday, July 21 to Sunday, July 25, with an exciting, hybrid mix of live and online events. Now in its 14th […]

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Works of four Kilkenny artists added to National Collection

By Kilkenny Now 4th May 2021 0

The creativity and brilliance of four Kilkenny artists has been recognised as some of their works have been added to the National Collection. The four, Declan Byrne, Elizabeth Cope, Brianna Hurley and John Keating are among 70 artists chosen nationally, providing 422 pieces of art to the Irish Museum of Madern Art in Kilmainham and […]

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Kilkenny arts groups to draw down over €1m in funding

By Kilkenny Now 6th March 2021 0

More than €1 million has been set aside this year for Kilkenny art events and projects by the Arts Council of Ireland. Five organisations in Kilkenny are to benefit from a total of €1,053,837 in grants as part of the Art Council’s Strategic Funding for the coming year. The  Government has made an increased grant […]

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Talented Kilkenny musician releases first single after 15 year touring the world

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2021 0

A Kilkenny musician who has spent the last 15 years touring the world playing in some of the most famous music venues going is finally getting to release her first single. Ali Comerford’s debut single, ‘He Knows’ will be released next week. Born and raised in Kilkenny, the talented singer and multi-instrumentalist started playing and […]

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A book to lift spirits: Kilkenny author’s debut a tonic for our troubled times

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2021 0

A talented Kilkenny author has just released a very timely publication, a book filled with prose and short-stories to lift people’s spirits during these difficult times. Claire Sinnott’s debut publication, ‘Miracle By Instalments’, has been described as “the ideal coffee table book” which the reader can leisurely dip in and out of whenever the mood […]

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A woman’s art: Kilkenny artists urged to apply for special €25,000 bursary

By Kilkenny Now 13th January 2021 0

Kilkenny artists and performing artists are being urged to apply for a national bursary that recognises the role women have played in Irish society. Kilkenny Heritage, through Kilkenny County Council, is encouraging local artists to apply for The Markievicz Award, which can provide funding of up to €25,000. The bursary aims to support artists developing […]

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100/100: Kilkenny-based film gets perfect score from world’s top movie site

By Kilkenny Now 17th December 2020 0

The latest feature-length animation from Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon continues to woo critics and audiences alike – and now it’s received a perfect viewer rating on the world’s foremost online movie site. Wolfwalkers is registering a 100% audience score on the movie buffs’ favourite website Rotten Tomatoes just days after its release on an international

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Funding and special retreats on offer for Kilkenny artists

By Kilkenny Now 16th December 2020 0

By Jayde Maher The Kilkenny Arts Office has announced their open call for people to apply for the Arts Act Grant, Tyrone Guthrie Bursary Award and the Moth Bursary Award 2021. Individual artists and groups and organisations that promote the arts are eligible to apply for the Arts Act Grant. This grant allows local authorities […]

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A huge draw! Crowds flock to city for Kilkenny Animated festival

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY is set to draw a huge crowd this weekend for an event visitors have had pencilled in for a while now. Kilkenny Animated, the world’s foremost animation festival, is taking place around the city and county this weekend and has drawn its guests from the leading lights in the industry globally. […]

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Ten-day celebration of the arts starts in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 7th August 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY THE KILKENNY Arts Festival is not the only display of creativity, imagination and artistry happening in the county this week. Tomorrow, the Thomastown Creative Arts Festival / TCAF19 begins a ten-day celebration of the work of the talented and gifted artist from in and around the Thomastown area. This year’s theme is very […]