Previous Guests of Honour

1990: Guest of Honour Terry Pratchett
13–14 October 1990, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

1991: Guest of Honour Geoff Ryman
4-6 October 1991, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

1992: Guest of Honour Orson Scott Card
16-18 October 1992, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

1993: Guest of Honour Storm Constantine
30-31 October 1993, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

1994: Guest of Honour Robert Holdstock
1-2 October 1994, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

1995: Guest of Honour Kim Newman
14-15 October 1995, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

1996: Guest of Honour Brian Stableford
11-13 October 1996, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

1997 – Eurocon: Guest of Honour Harry Harrison
25-27 October 1997, Dublin Castle Dublin

1998: Guest of Honour James White
10 October 1998, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

1999: Guest of Honour Robert Rankin
9-10 October 1999, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

2000: Guest of Honour Michael Marshall Smith
21-22 October 2000, Royal Dublin Hotel, Dublin

2001: Guest of Honour Anne McCaffrey
13-14 October 2001, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

2002: Guest of Honour China Miéville
19-20 October 2002, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

2003: No convention

2004: Guest of Honour Tanith Lee
16-17 October 2004, Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

2005: Guest of Honour Charles Stross
15-16 October 2005, Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

2006: Guest of Honour J. G. Jones
14-15 October 2006, Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

2007: Guest of Honour Alastair Reynolds
13-14 October 2007, Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

2008: Guest of Honour Ken MacLeod
18-19 October 2008, Royal Dublin Hotel, Dublin

2009: Guest of Honour Mike Carey
Fan Guest of Honour Dave Lally
10-11 October 2009, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin

2010: Guest of Honour George R. R. Martin
16-17 October 2010, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin

2011: Guest of Honour John Higgins
15-16 October 2011, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin

2012: Guest of Honour Liz Williams
13-14 October 2012, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin

2013: Guests of Honour Richard K. Morgan and Gail Simone
12-13 October 2013, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin

2014:  No convention because Dublin hosted Eurocon in August (Shamrokon)

2015: Guests of Honour Emma Newman and Maura McHugh
9-11 October 2015, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin

2016: Guests of Honour Diane Duane, Peter Morwood and Rhianna Pratchett
14-16 October 2016, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin

2017: Guests of Honour Dan Abnett and Nik Vincent-Abnett
6-8 October 2017, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin

2018: Guests of Honour Pat Cadigan and Colleen Doran
19-21 October 2018, Crowne Plaza Hotel Blanchardstown, Dublin

2019: Special Guests Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, Peadar Ó Guilín, Ruth Frances Long
13 October 2019, Crowne Plaza Hotel Blanchardstown, Dublin
One day only because Dublin hosted Worldcon in August (Dublin 2019, an Irish Worldcon)

2020: Guest of Honour Michael Carroll
Fan Guests of Honour: Helen Ryder and Philippa Ryder
9-11 October 2020, held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2021: no Guests of Honour
1-3 October 2021, held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2022: Guest of Honour Michael Carroll
Fan Guests of Honour: Helen Ryder and Philippa Ryder
15-16 October 2022, Croke Park, Dublin

2023: Guest of Honour Sarah Rees Brennan
7-8 October 2023, The Gibson Hotel, Dublin

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