Mainstream animation as we know it has always connected deeply to folklore and fairy tales. Disney’s early shorts and feature films adapted stories by the Brothers Grimm. Studio Ghibli drew ...

The third installment of Cartoon Saloon's Irish folklore trilogy fulfills the promise of "The Secret of Kells" and "Song of the Sea." Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2020 ...

Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University has acquired a collection of 29 Irish political cartoons from the 1885-1914 ‘Home Rule’ period, when Irish nationalists were fighting to gain ...

Three treasured and critically-acclaimed animated films, The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea and Wolfwalkers, will be released in Cartoon Saloon’s Irish Folklore Trilogy, a resplendent four-disc ...

A cartoon published in The West Australian newspaper, depicting Irish nurses dancing alongside a leprechaun, has caused outcry online. The satirical cartoon is related to the news that that St. John ...

And there you have it: Apple, the third-largest company in the world, has an animated feature to its name. Cartoon Saloon was a canny choice of partner in this venture. The Irish studio’s first three ...

HAMDEN >> A collection of 29 Irish political cartoons have been acquired by Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University and are being held in the Lender Family Special Collection Room at ...

Walking towards the Lighthouse Cinema on Sunday morning, I was undoubtedly one of the few adults that didn’t have children with them. But if in that way, I didn’t fit in, I gradually became aware of ...

Two independent animation studios with reputations for high-quality work are joining forces to launch a new 2D-focused animation studio in Ireland, Lighthouse Studios. Lighthouse, which is expected to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. IWCriticsPick Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon may not be able to match the impact or consistency of Japan’s Studio Ghibli ...