Award-winning animators seek to break barriers for girls

Pair set up Pink Kong in their spare room in March 2014,

Aoífe Doyle and Niamh Herrety are working on an action adventure cartoon for girls, which features a female martial artist

Name: Niamh Herrity and Aoífe Doyle

Company: Pink Kong

The pitch: devise an action cartoon adventure for girls

The award-winning co-founders of a Dublin animation studio are developing an action adventure cartoon for girls. Niamh Herrity and Aoífe Doyle of Pink Kong have chosen a female martial artist as the main character in the as-yet-untitled project.

“We’re looking to inspire and engage the next generation of girls with strong female characters they can ...