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Sat 03 Mar 2007Cat Laughs in good companyArtScape/Deirdre Falvey:Being described as possibly "the world's best little comedy festival" is not at all patronising. Especially when you're bracketed with Montreal, Edinburgh and Melbourne.Last week the Guardian in Britain put the Smithwick's Cat Laughs Comedy Festival in Kilkenny in the top five comedy festivals in the world, saying it has "something of a cult status and discerning comedy fans head to Kilkenny when the corporate whirlwind of Edinburgh becomes too much".