Merry Marvel Fanzine was the first comic fanzine in UK and Ireland. Edited and created by Tony Roche from Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, the first issue came out in 1966. The fanzine for 3 issues, when Tony then announced that he was changing it to Heroes Unlimited so that he could capture more comics, while […]READ MORE
RELEASE THE KRAKEN! You may have noticed Iain’s work already; on our flyers and posters, at our tables, or maybe you were lucky enough to get one of our postcards of Mae Jemison; the first black female astronaut. He’s everywhere, and we love his work! Iain’s our chosen one for The Chat today! What are you […]READ MORE
Okay, we’ve cheated again. This week’s Irish ‘Fiction’ Friday is ART! (Artish Fiction Friday?) But goodness me, we need to break the rules sometimes! Francis Danby (1793-1861) was raised in Dublin, where he learned to paint. He traveled around Europe during this life and is a Romantic Era artist famous for his enormous romantic scenes, […]READ MORE
The Dublin 2019 Worldcon Bid take access extremely seriously, and we are already working to make sure that if we win the Bid, our convention is as accessible as possible. Earlier this year, we got our access team to tour the CCD with a specific remit to examine the venue. Their report is below: Access […]READ MORE
Irish Fiction Friday! This week you may have already read our continuing serialisation of Rob Hansen’s Then, which traces the roots of Irish Fandom. As part of that, Rob mentioned The Enchanted Duplicator. It’s a 26-page parable of fandom by Bob Shaw and Walt Willis, which struck a deep chord in the fannish consciousness and […]READ MORE
Today we return to Then, Rob Hansen’s history of fandom in the UK and Ireland. He’s edited it especially for us to focus on the impact of Irish fandom, and we’ve been publishing it in bitesized chunks. We’re examining the impact of Walt Willis today, a key member of Irish Fandom. If you want to […]READ MORE
Welcome to Irish Fiction Friday! Hugo nominations are opening this week, but at Dublin 2019 we also want to take you back a bit to another award winning series from the near-past! Michael Scott is one of Ireland’s most successful authors. He has written over 100 books and is published around the world. His inventive, […]READ MORE
Here’s some news from our friends over in Helsinki, who are hosting the 75th World Science Fiction Convention. This will take place 9-13 August 2017 in Helsinki, Finland, and of course everyone is very excited to bring the Worldcon to Finland for the first time ever, during the 100th year of Finnish independence! They’ve also sent us […]READ MORE
Last year, we featured Lord Dunsany’s Book of Wonder, and mentioned what a huge influence it was on many other contemporary writers at the time. You can read that entry here, and discover more about one of Ireland’s most prominent figures in SFF writing. This year, we want to revisit this entry for IFF by […]READ MORE
Hello loyal blog readers! Are you stepping out today with ne’ery a care in the world? Do you look at the birds singing outside and sigh a deep sigh of contentment? Well, forget all that, because it’s time to get apocalyptic with Peadar Ó Guilín, who is not only one of our Bid Team members and […]READ MORE
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