Kilkenny app for Ireland’s Historic Town Centres is runner-up at .IE Digital Town Awards

A Kilkenny City-based project has been recognised for its efforts and commitment to digital innovation at this year’s .IE Digital Town Awards.

#EngageKilkenny, a digital public platform which enables engagement with Kilkenny’s historic core has been announced as a runner-up for the Newcomer Award.

.IE, the national registry for .ie domain names, announced the winning entries for the .IE Digital Town Awards 2023 at a gala event held at the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone.

The awards were created by .IE in 2021, as part of a broader four-year €1 million investment in the .IE Digital Town Programme encouraging the uptake and use of internet and digital technologies for businesses, citizens, and communities.

Digitally-inspired

The awards recognise and reward digitally-inspired projects run by towns and local community groups. Each year, the .IE Digital Town Awards offer a prize fund of €100,000 which is split across several categories.

The Digital Engagement App for Ireland’s Historic Town Centres was runner-up in the Newcomer category which celebrates projects at the early stages of development that are harnessing the benefits of digital to promote a local initiative.

The digital mapping app showcases the layers of built and spatial data for Kilkenny.

It combines the city’s fragmented geospatial data into an easy-to-use digital platform.

#EngageKilkenny is a digital, public platform which enables engagement with Kilkenny’s historic core.

An inter-generational oral history component is planned, along with the ability for people to upload rich social history information.