Clíodhna Lyons is an Irish cartoonist, animator and printmaker. She has created several comics and

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s and is a director working for Lighthouse Studios.

Biography

Lyons was born in the

Aran Islands The Aran Islands ( ; , ) or The Arans ( ) are a group of three islands at the mouth of Galway Bay, off the west coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, with a total area around . They constitute the historic barony (Ireland), barony of Aran in ...

, Galway, and studied animation at

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in Dublin before going to complete a BFA in comics at the

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in New York City. Lyons has worked with a number of other artists such as Maeve Clancy. Lyons is now based in

Kilkenny Kilkenny ( , meaning 'church of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Cainnech'). is a city in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinst ...

and travels to Dublin regularly for comics-related events such as ''24 Hour Comics Day'' which she helps run.

Filmography

References and sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, Clíodhna Living people 21st-century Irish women writers Irish female comics artists Irish comics artists Irish women animators Irish animators Artists from County Galway Year of birth missing (living people) People from the Aran Islands