Meet the man set to represent Kilkenny at the 2026 Mr Personality Festival!

Callan man Patrick Walton will represent Kilkenny at the 19th annual Mr Personality Festival, organised by Kilkenny County Macra.

The festival will take place on April 10 and 11, when Mr Personality will head to Langton’s Hotel in Kilkenny for the very first time. The festival is sponsored by Kilkenny, Carlow and District Farm Relief Services.

Patrick is 26 years old. He is an active member of Callan Macra and has listed the first time he went to the festival in 2024 as one of his most memorable Macra moments as it showed him what Macra was created for. His hobbies and interests include sports including GAA, golf, rugby and F1, Macra (as it takes up all his free time) and music. He tries to go to as many concerts as he can which has led him to travel around Europe.

Patrick believes he will make a good representative for Kilkenny because Macra has helped him in developing as a person. Five years ago when he joined Macra, he never thought he would end up one day entering a personality competition, standing on stage in front of a crowd and speaking. He would love to use the position as Mr Personality to help promote this side of Macra and try get more people to join.
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Patrick and the other contestants have a jam-packed weekend ahead of them. The contestants will arrive in Kilkenny at 1.30pm on Friday, April 10 where they will embark on their first group activity of the weekend.

One of the highlights of the festival each year is the on-stage interviews which will kick off at 7pm in the ballroom of Langton’s Hotel. The on-stage interviews will be conducted by MC, Aindriú de Paor from 2FM, which means it is sure to be full of laughs and fun-filled entertainment along the way. This will be followed by music from the Deere Johns and DJ until late.

Judging the contestants this year will be 2025 Rose of Tralee, Katelyn Cummins, Influencer, James Kavanagh and UCD assistant professor, Brian Leonard.

Patrick will have an early start on Saturday morning with contestants conducting private interviews with the judges. Once the interviews are finished, the contestants’ challenges will take place, which will see Patrick being put through his paces.

On Saturday evening, Patrick will be donning his suit and meeting with Kilkenny, Carlow and District Farm Relief Services to have their official photos taken.

This is followed by the banquet, starting at 7pm. Sweet Freedom will be playing hit after hit, until Mr Personality 2026 is announced at midnight. The DJ will be continuing the celebrations until the early morning. Kilkenny County Macra ensures that the weekend will be action-packed for all attending with numerous activities and other surprises along the way during the weekend in Kilkenny.

Tickets for the weekend are currently on sale and can be purchased through set.ticketsolve.com. Full details and necessary links are available on the Mr Personality Festival socials, so keep an eye on what is shared to keep up to date with what is happening in the lead up to the festival. Further information is available by contacting Michael Lawler on 085-2314535 or Áine Walton on 086-0892032.