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Previous Guests of Honour<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1990: <\/strong>Guest of Honour Terry Pratchett<\/a>
13\u201314 October 1990, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1991<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Geoff Ryman<\/a>
4-6 October 1991, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1992<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Orson Scott Card<\/a>
16-18 October 1992, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1993<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Storm Constantine<\/a>
30-31 October 1993, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1994<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Robert Holdstock<\/a>
1-2 October 1994, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1995<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Kim Newman<\/a>
14-15 October 1995, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1996<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Brian Stableford<\/a>
11-13 October 1996, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1997 <\/strong>\u2013 Eurocon<\/a>: Guest of Honour Harry Harrison<\/a>
25-27 October 1997, Dublin Castle Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1998<\/strong>: Guest of Honour James White<\/a>
10 October 1998, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1999<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Robert Rankin<\/a>
9-10 October 1999, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2000<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Michael Marshall Smith<\/a>
21-22 October 2000, Royal Dublin Hotel, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2001<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Anne McCaffrey<\/a>
13-14 October 2001, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2002<\/strong>: Guest of Honour China Mi\u00e9ville<\/a>
19-20 October 2002, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003: <\/strong>No convention<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Tanith Lee<\/a>
16-17 October 2004, Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Charles Stross<\/a>
15-16 October 2005, Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2006<\/strong>: Guest of Honour J. G. Jones<\/a>
14-15 October 2006, Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Alastair Reynolds<\/a>
13-14 October 2007, Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Ken MacLeod<\/a>
18-19 October 2008, Royal Dublin Hotel, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Mike Carey<\/a>
Fan Guest of Honour Dave Lally<\/a>
10-11 October 2009, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010<\/strong>: Guest of Honour George R. R. Martin<\/a>
16-17 October 2010, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011<\/strong>: Guest of Honour John Higgins<\/a>
15-16 October 2011, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Liz Williams<\/a>
13-14 October 2012, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013<\/strong>: Guests of Honour Richard K. Morgan<\/a> and Gail Simone<\/a>
12-13 October 2013, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/strong>:  No convention because Dublin hosted Eurocon in August (Shamrokon)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015<\/strong>: Guests of Honour Emma Newman<\/a> and Maura McHugh<\/a>
9-11 October 2015, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016<\/strong>: Guests of Honour Diane Duane<\/a>, Peter Morwood<\/a> and Rhianna Pratchett<\/a>
14-16 October 2016, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017<\/strong>: Guests of Honour Dan Abnett<\/a> and Nik Vincent-Abnett<\/a>
6-8 October 2017, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018<\/strong>: Guests of Honour Pat Cadigan<\/a> and Colleen Doran<\/a>
19-21 October 2018, Crowne Plaza Hotel Blanchardstown, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong>: Special Guests Diane Duane<\/a>, Peter Morwood<\/a>, Peadar \u00d3 Guil\u00edn<\/a>, Ruth Frances Long<\/a>
13 October 2019, Crowne Plaza Hotel Blanchardstown, Dublin
One day only because Dublin hosted Worldcon in August (Dublin 2019, an Irish Worldcon)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Michael Carroll<\/a>
Fan Guests of Honour: Helen Ryder and Philippa Ryder<\/a>
9-11 October 2020, held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021<\/strong>: no Guests of Honour
1-3 October 2021, held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Michael Carroll<\/a>
Fan Guests of Honour: Helen Ryder and Philippa Ryder<\/a>
15-16 October 2022, Croke Park, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/strong>: Guest of Honour Sarah Rees Brennan<\/a>
7-8 October 2023, The Gibson Hotel, Dublin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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