Telegael
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 1988
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 2
About Telegael
Telegael is an Irish film, television and animation studio based in the Gaeltacht region of County Galway. Established in 1988 with support from Údarás na Gaeltachta and RTÉ, it began by providing audio post-production, translation and dubbing for Irish-language broadcasting. Its business subsequently expanded into international co-production for children’s animation, feature films and live-action television.
The studio works across 2D animation, 3D/CGI and stop-motion, alongside live-action drama and film production. Its production services include script development, concept art, character and background design, animation and co-production project management. It also supports financing and packaging through Ireland’s Section 481 film and television tax incentive.
Production and finishing
Telegael combines production with sound, picture finishing and language services. Its audio capabilities cover multilingual voice casting, voice direction, ADR, Foley, sound design and surround re-recording, including 5.1 theatrical and broadcast mixing. Picture services include offline editing, conforming, online editing and digital colour grading, with support for native camera media from Red, Arri Alexa and Amira, Sony and Canon.
Its specialist TMI department provides subtitling, closed captioning, translation and audio description. These services complement the studio’s dubbing and multilingual reversioning work for international distribution, while retaining its connection to Irish and other Celtic-language media markets.
In 2007, Telegael acquired the former Roger Corman film studios in Baile na hAbhann and developed the site into a dedicated production and stop-motion facility. Its facilities support shooting, puppet fabrication and construction, with stage hire, production offices and dressing rooms also available to productions.
International co-production
The company’s output spans children’s and family entertainment, broadcast programming and feature films. Its research-reported production history includes more than 1,200 hours of television programming and feature films, distributed in over 160 countries and translated into more than 50 languages. Toonz Media Group acquired a majority stake in May 2019, bringing Telegael into an international entertainment group while the Galway studio continued its production and post-production activities.
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Leadership
Paul Cummins is identified as CEO and founder, with Enda Boner as COO. Department leaders include Bernie Ní Shúilleabháin, Head of Finance; Cathy Ní Fhlaithearta, Head of Production; Morgan O'Brien, Head of Animation; Ciarán Ó Tuairisc, Head of Sound; Róisín Ní Chualáin, Head of Dubbing; Sharon Gill, Head of Subtitling & Audio Description; and Aoife McMahon, Head of Legal & Business Affairs.
Technical infrastructure
The reported audio setup includes Neumann microphones, Focusrite preamps and BSS compression in acoustically treated recording studios. Picture post-production uses Avid Media Composer, Avid Symphony Nitris DX and Autodesk Smoke. Stop-motion shooting bays include motion-control equipment.
Recognition
Telegael was named European Animation Investor of the Year at the 2019 Cartoon Forum in Toulouse. The report also identifies recognition for its productions, including Daytime Emmy Awards for series such as Tutenstein and IFTA-winning productions Skunk Fu! and Aifric.
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Where Telegael is based
- Baile Árd, An Spidéal, Co. na Gaillimhe, H91 D792, IrelandAn Spidéal, County Galway, Ireland
Áras Telegael
HeadquartersAbout this office
Overall company headquarters, housing administration, recording and 5.1 mixing studios, editing suites, dubbing, and the TMI subtitling and audio description department.
- Eastát Tionscail na Tulaigh, An Tulaigh, Baile na hAbhann, Co. na Gaillimhe, H91 W319, IrelandBaile na hAbhann, County Galway, Ireland
Stiúideo Telegael / Beochan
About this office
Telegael production and stop-motion facility housing its Beochan division, with 24,000 sq ft of facilities, over 7,000 sq ft of shooting floor, motion-control shooting bays, construction workshops and puppet fabrication facilities.
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