Get Involved! Showcase your work! Enter our Competitions! One of the things that makes Worldcon unique is that it is an event run by its members for its members. It is always so wonderful to see members of the fan community share their passions with each other. One way to do this is to enter […]READ MORE
Ireland was once cris-crossed with railway lines connecting many isolated communities around the country. At it’s height, there were over 3000 miles (5000km) of railway tracks. Sadly. railways proved expensive to run and as better roads developed, many railway lines proved unviable and were closed. This was not helped by the partition of the island, […]READ MORE
Welcome to another entry in a series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Swan River Press takes us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.” – – The Laughter of the Gods (1917) Lord Dunsany (Edward John […]READ MORE
Welcome to another entry in a series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Swan River Press takes us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “Why was I conscious of a beating heart, accompanied by a scarcely defined, but undeniable dread?” – “The Red Woollen Necktie” (1896) B. M. Croker (c.1849-1920) was a popular […]READ MORE
Welcome to another entry in a series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Swan River Press takes us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “The Fairy of Science sometimes touches my ears and eyes with her wand; and then, for a little time, I am able to hear things inaudible, and to perceive things […]READ MORE
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “She stands there at the foot of the bed; she wears a hood, and her face is yellow. She has been dead a long time.” […]READ MORE
Requests from programme participants for Fantastic Dublin Fund assistance are closing on Friday, May 3, 2019. We currently do not have enough funding to fulfill all requests, but we will fulfill as many requests as possible. If you are able to give, a small gift of €25.00 /$25.00 (or more), donated by Monday, 6 May […]READ MORE
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but […]READ MORE
This week, James Shields takes us to Dunmore Cave near Kilkenny… Not far from the south-eastern corner of Ireland lies the town of Kilkenny, often referred to as “Ireland’s sixth city”. Though not officially recognised as a city, it has its own cathedral and was briefly the capital of the “Catholic Confederacy of Ireland” from […]READ MORE
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “The lonely graveyard is far away, an’ the dead man is hard to raise—” –“Not to Be Taken at Bed-Time” (1865) Rosa Mulholland (1841-1921), […]READ MORE
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