DRAW ST. PATRICK’S DAY/ TARRAING LÁ ‘LE PÁDRAIG!

Galway City Council in association with the Galway Cartoon Festival is inviting entries from children of all ages to take part in a virtual St Patrick’s Day parade in 2021!

“Are you looking forward to St. Patrick’s Day? Well we need your help in creating this year’s virtual St. Patrick’s Day parade for Galway! We are inviting you to draw a picture of yourself at the St. Patrick’s Day parade – you can either be there as a spectator or taking part. Our animators will then work behind the scenes to bring your images to life! Your picture may appear in our animated 2021 parade online, in the Galway Advertiser or be displayed in one of our exhibitions across the city.

An bhfuil tĂș ag tnĂșth le LĂĄ ‘le PĂĄdraig? Bhuel, an gcabhrĂłidh tĂș linn chun mĂłrshiĂșl fĂ­orĂșil LĂĄ ‘le PĂĄdraig a chruthĂș i nGaillimh? Iarraimid ort pictiĂșr a tharraingt dĂ­ot fĂ©in agus tĂș ag mĂłrshiĂșl LĂĄ ‘le PĂĄdraig – glĂ©asta suas ar fhlĂłta nĂł mar dhuine den lucht fĂ©achana. Rachaidh ĂĄr mbeochantĂłirĂ­ ag obair sa chĂșlra chun do phictiĂșir a bheochan! Is fĂ©idir go mbeidh do phictiĂșr le feiceĂĄil inĂĄr mĂłrshiĂșl beoite 2021 ar lĂ­ne sa ‘Galway Advertiser’ nĂł i gceann dĂĄr dtaispeĂĄntais ar fud na cathrach.”

Click here for details of how to enter! Closing date for entries is the 1 March 2021.

And The Winner Is…

We were able to put together a small pot this year to recognise one cartoon that was judged to best capture the theme of the Galway Cartoon Festival’s main 2020 exhibition, The New Normal. We asked artist Ted Turton to judge this for us (Ted also launched the exhibition).

The winner is Brandon Hicks for his entry, Together. Congratulations Brandon and we’ll be in touch.

Many thanks to every single artist who submitted this year. Many thanks also are due to our sponsors below. Thanks to everyone who attended one of our events and came along to the exhibitions, we hope you had your spirits lifted!

The exhibitions are currently closed and while the Festival officially finished on Friday we hope to run for another week or so when Level 3 restrictions each. And don’t forget the whole of The New Normal exhibition is online!