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Dublin Ireland in 2019 Worldcon in Dublin, Ireland 2019 Intentions, Plans, and Hopes for a Bid
FÁilte
Welcome to our hopes, intentions,
and plans to bring the Worldcon
to Dublin, Ireland, for the first
time in its history.
Ireland has a rich tradition of story- Planning for a Worldcon is all-
telling, from ancient myths and legends important, and even bidding is a
told by word of mouth through the serious undertaking as far as we are
generations to the dark Gothic writers, concerned.
from some of the greatest authors
Dublin is a superb location for a
in the English language like James
Worldcon, but it is our venue, the
Joyce, George Bernard Shaw, Brendan
newly purpose-built Convention
Behan, and Sean O’Casey to works of
Centre Dublin, that has been the
contemporary fiction including modern
impetus for this endeavour.
science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Patient preparation has been under-
Celebrating that rich history while
way for more than 18 months, and
considering topics of the day and
here we would like to welcome you
looking to the future is something that
to Ireland, to Dublin, to the facilities
we would like to do at a World Science
and share with you where we are at
Fiction Convention in Dublin, Ireland.
this stage as well as our hopes and
The plan is to launch a bid in 2014 at aspirations for the future – for
Loncon 3 and Shamrokon, and then a Worldcon in Ireland.
fight to host the Worldcon in 2019.
Location
RESTAURANT
Map of Local Area
2 Il Vignardo at The
3 The Good Bits
4 Thai Spice
8 Harbour Master Ba
11 Ely Chq
14 Toss’d
15 Oly’s at Jurys Inn IF
Your quick guide to key services within 15 minutes walk of The CCD 23
24
26
La Cuveé
Dublin Wine Room
La Corte
31 Borlottie
34 Milano
35 J2 Grill & Sushi
36 Kudos at The Clari
38 Swai
39 Quay 12 at Cill Airn
41 Coda Eatery at The
49 Café Cairo at The T
54 The Pig’s Ear
76 The Southbank at
79 Stir at The Maldron
82 Crystal Boat
84 Bridge Bar and Gri
86 The Brasserie at Th
89 Ely HQ
90 Riva
91 Herbstreet Restau
92 Milano
PUBS
1 Café Le Monde at
6 The Vaults
7 Harbour Master Ba
16 Oly’s Bar at Jurys In
21 Lagoona Bar & Res
37 The Clarion Hotel
40 Blue River Bistro B
42 Hemi Bar at The G
44 Harry’s Bar
45 Macturcaills
48 The Trinity Capital
51 O’Neill’s Pub & Tow
55 The Blarney Inn
74 7 58 Lincoln Inn
60 Kennedy’s
74 7 63 O’Callaghan Mont
64 O’Callaghan Dave
67 The Ginger man
69 O’Callaghan Alexa
73 Pearse Hotel Bar
75 The Ferryman Hot
78 Vertigo Bar at The
87 The Market Bar at
88 The Rooftop Loun
Hotel
93 Ocean Bar
The
Ferryman CAF ÉS
Hotel
5 The Pig & Heifer
9 Munchies
10 O’Brien’s
12 Starbucks Chq
13 Insomnia
17 Burritos & Blues
18 Subway
19 Insomnia
20 Il Fornaio Cafe Bar
22 Bar Italia
25 Broadway Pizza Pa
27 Swedish Food Co
28 O’Brien’s
29 MYO Sandwich Ba
30 Munchies
32 Seven Wonders
33 Bagel Bar
43 Costa Coffee
46 McCabes Deli
Cash Machines SERVICES 47 The Espresso Corn
50 The Pig & Heifer
Dublin Bikes Barber 52 O’Brien’s
53 BrewBaker Café
Hotels Beauty 56 Café Crepe
57 Insomnia
Parking Car Hire 59 Café Sol
61 Café Tri via
Dry Cleaners 62 Café Sol
Shops
65 The Westland Café
66 Il Caffe di Napoli
Tourist Attractions Health/Pharmacy
68 Lunch
70 The Pig & Heifer
TRANSPORT Opticians 71 BG Café & Deli
72 Café Parigi
Train Dentist 74 Munchies
2 77 McCabes Deli
Luas Gym 80 KC Peaches
81 Café H
Post Office Services 83 Il Valentino Contin
Bus
85 The Art of Coffee
Liffey Voyage Cinema
747 Airport Coach
The Convention Centre Dublin (CCD)
sits on the north side of the River
Liffey, looking south. It is a mile east of
ACCOMMODATION DUBLIN AIRPORT
O’Connell Bridge, the absolute centre of
the City. This proximity is a huge benefit, Dublin boasts over 200 hotels across a Dublin Airport has direct flights
as Dublin has a vast amount to offer. wide price range, but we will be looking from 24 airports in the UK and
The CCD is part of the continuing to the hotels in the immediate vicinity 100 airports across Europe.
development in the 21st century of the to house our members. The main hotels
Daily direct flights from Abu
Dublin Docklands area, and is built on within a ten minute walk are:
Dhabi by Etihad, and to Dubai,
what was a railway yard next to the Royal Clarion: 352 rooms (210m away) by Emirates offer connections to
Canal. The area has been fully developed. Asia and Australasia, while there
Ferryman Hotel: 20 rooms (250m away)
In the immediate area, there are a are also direct flights to Turkey,
number of restaurants to suit all budgets. Maldron: 304 rooms (270m away) North Africa and Israel.
Currently, the closest is the MV Cill Airne, Jurys Inn: 239 rooms (400m away) Direct flights to and from North
a 1,000 person Liner Tender, that sits on America include Montreal,
the Liffey adjacent to the Convention Gibson Hotel: 252 rooms (850m away)
Toronto, Boston, New York JFK,
Centre. It is less than 100 metres away. Pearse Hotel: 101 rooms (850m away) Newark, Washington Dulles,
Within a short distance (less than 500 Total: 1,268 rooms within 850 metres or Charlotte, Atlanta, Orlando,
metres or about a quarter of a mile), you half a mile. The nearest hostel, Jacob’s, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
can find a variety of restaurants in the is less than a mile away. The airport is a twenty minute
newly opened chq building. taxi ride away, and is served by a
There are two Doubletree hotels in close
Historical venues such as The Custom number of bus services to Busáras,
proximity. The Morrison Doubletree is
House or The Jeanie Johnston Famine the central bus station,which is
located mile away along the quays, whilst
Ship are also to hand on the same quays. two stops away on the LUAS (tram)
the refurbished Doubletree Burlington
or a walk of less than a mile.
At the back of the CCD (260 metres), is opening 2 miles away. The Dublin
there is a LUAS (Dublin tram) stop, which Hilton is 1.5 miles away. The Westin
has trams running to Busarus (central Hotel on D’Olier Street is part of the
bus station), Connolly Train Station, the Sheraton group, only a mile away, and
city centre and westward, also calling at the Shelbourne Hotel, part of the
Collins National Museum and Heuston Marriott group, is 1.2 miles. There are
Train Station. also plenty of affordable options nearby
including Jacob’s Inn and Isaac’s Hostel.
Dublin Ferry Port, with links to the UK,
is only three miles from the venue. Public transportation is readily available
throughout the central Dublin area.
IRISH
FANDOM
Ireland has an interesting fan history,
with Northern Irish fans breaking into
the world scene in the late Forties, led
by legendary fanzine editor Walt Willis
and writer James White. ‘Irish Fandom’,
as this was known, had a direct connection
with later iterations of fandom in Ireland,
A Land of
with White being supportive of both
incarnations of the Irish Science Fiction
Association and attending the national
con, Octocon, repeatedly.
Stories
Octocon has been a constant in Irish
fandom since 1990, and those organising
it have also gone on to larger conventions
including the two Time Warp cons.
Annually there is no shortage of activities
for fans, with two literary SF cons and
many multimedia, comic, anime, manga
and gaming conventions such as
Ireland is a place of tales, legends, books, comics, art,
ArcadeCon, Eirtakon, and Nom-Con, and
and make-believe, of the Celtic mythologies of Fionn in the North, TitanCon. Ireland has the
MacCumhaill, the activities of the Fianna, Cu Chullainn and Emerald Garrison, a Star Wars cosplay
the Raid on Cooley, the Chasing of Diarmuid and Gráinne, group who have run Family Days for
the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Leannaí Lir. thousands. The college societies in Dublin
have hosted and continue to host a wide
variety of cons including Ireland’s longest
running gaming convention Leprecon.
Comics have an actively strong presence
with indigenous publishers and a wide
variety of conventions and markets.
Plans to bring a World Science Fiction
Convention to Ireland were first made
known at the closing ceremony of the 2012
Octocon, Ireland’s national science fiction
Ireland’s literary heritage includes Ireland has had fantastic children’s
convention. Thanks to the discretion of
Gothic writers such as Sheridan Le work from Sinéad de Valera, Eoin Colfer
Irish fandom, we have been able to hold
Fanu, Bram Stoker, Regina Maria Roche, and Darren Shan, and in comics, story-
back the public announcement until now.
and Charles Maturin as well as fantasists tellers and artists include Garth Ennis,
such as Jonathan Swift, C.S. Lewis, and Will Simpson, John McCrea, Declan At the recent site visit to the CCD,
Edward John Moreton Drax the 18th Shalvey, Will Sliney, Stephen Mooney, there were persons from 70s, 80s, 90s,
Baron of Dunsany. Today, writers including and Jordie Bellaire. Filmmaker Neil and 21st century fandom. It will be
Michael Scott, Celine Kiernan and Jordan and playwright Conor McPherson crucial to a Worldcon in Dublin to be as
Michael Carroll to name only a very few are Dublin born and bred as are the welcoming and engaging as possible to
are continuing Ireland’s fantasy tradition. artists Jim Fitzpatrick and Harry Clarke. all science fiction-related activities and
Irish contributors to the science fiction organisers, as such an endeavour will
Ireland has always attracted those with
field include James White, Bob Shaw, require engagement across the various
literary genius from beyond its shores.
and Ian McDonald writing in English and communities. Likewise, Irish fans will
Harry Harrison and Anne McCaffrey both
Cathal Ó Sándair writing in Irish. From ensure that international fans who wish
made Ireland their home while Morgan
W.B. Yeats to Oscar Wilde, Flann O’Brien to help by bringing expertise, experience
Llywelyn spent part of her childhood here
to Elizabeth Bowen, much of the work and support to an Irish Worldcon will be
and has lived here for more than 25 years.
of Irish writers has been suffused with made to feel very welcome.
the fantastic.
THE Convention
Centre Dublin
OUR
VENUE
By May 2011, the Convention
Centre Dublin was hosting
its 250th event, the historic
first visit to Ireland of Queen
Elizabeth II and The Duke
of Edinburgh. Later during
her visit, the Queen spoke
as Gaeilge (in Irish), of which
we hope many fans can
also learn a few words. This
year the CCD is hosting the
International Craft Brewing
and Distilling Convention,
AT A GLANCE
reflecting this growth
Sole use of the Convention Centre
industry in Ireland.
Fully built-in technical support
19 rooms of varying configurations,
capable of seating 2,100 people
Seating for 2,000 in the auditorium
Nine secret bars
Five spacious landing areas on all levels
A mixture of halls of varying sizes
Only one mile from the city centre
Stunning views of Dublin city
The fantastic looking Convention Centre The CCD chose to consult with Irish
Dublin was completed in 2010 and has disability organisations at every stage,
already held a multitude of successful from the initial design phase through
events. This modern venue boasts an to staff training for evacuations. This
incredible level of fully built-in technical has resulted in a venue that provides a
support, which has allowed for future welcoming and comfortable experience
expansion and new developments. to every guest and user regardless of
The venue has 19 rooms of varying ability.
configurations, capable of seating 2,100 Some of the CCD’s accessibility
persons; the auditorium, which is suitable features include a completely step-free
for programme plenaries as well as environment with every meeting space
events, has very large and comfortable being wheelchair accessible, Braille
seats for 2,000. signage on all meeting rooms and loop
The social scene is important, and the systems in all public spaces. Irish fans and
venue boasts nine secret bars. Spacious the CCD staff can work together to tailor
landing areas on all levels allow for the CCD’s seating, storage and catering
break-out space: three halls (the Forum facilities to meet the needs of all of
at 2721m2, and the Two Liffeys at 954m2 Worldcon’s members. Consultations have
and 710m2), will host exhibits and already taken place with local fans who
hospitality areas. The venue is only have access or dietary needs, to ensure
a mile from the centre of Dublin. inclusion is a core principle of a Dublin
Worldcon from the very start.
Irish fans visit the CCD in April 2013.
WE’RE ABOUT
We will announce our intention to bid at LoneStarCon 3, in San Antonio,
THE
Texas in September 2013. There will be an OPEN meeting at Octocon in
Dublin on Saturday, 12th of October. All are welcome. Interested parties
will be offered subscriptions to the forthcoming bid from this stage. A visit to
the CCD is planned for Monday the 14th of October for all interested parties.
PLAN
Irish fans will attend Eastercon 2014 and Arisia in Boston, and then the bid will
launch fully at Loncon 3, London and Shamrokon, Dublin in August 2014.
FLEXIBILITY.
ROOM CAPACITY CHART
CONVENTION CENTRE – ROOM Specifications
Room Level Boardroom Theatre Banqueting Min. Max. AV Control
Capacity Capacity Capacity** M2 Height Height Rooms Divisible
The Forum Ground - 3040 2000 2721 7m 8m 1 No
The Liffey 1 - 1806 1220 1650 7m 8m 1 Yes
The Liffey A 1 - 710 470 626 7m 8m 1 No
The Liffey B 1 - 954 610 897 7m 8m 0 No
The Auditorium* 3, 4, 5 - 2000 1 No
Liffey Hall 1 1 68 230 140 174 3.2m 4.3m 1 No
Liffey Hall 2 1 74 300 180 224 3.2m 4.3m 1 No
Wicklow Hall 1 2 70 230 160 187 3.2m 4.3m 1 No
Wicklow Hall 2 2 120 500 350 425 3.2m 4.3m 2 Yes
GOVERNMENT Wicklow Hall 2a
Wicklow Hall 2b
2
2
76
70
260
230
200
150
222
201
3.2m
3.2m
4.3m
4.3m
1
1
No
No
SUPPORT
Liffey Meeting Room 1 1 30 78 50 69 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Liffey Meeting Room 2 1 40 143 80 107 3.25m 3.25m 0 Yes
Liffey Meeting Room 2a 1 34 60 50 66 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Liffey Meeting Room 2b 1 20 40 30 39 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Fáilte Ireland and The Dublin Liffey Meeting Room 3 1 32 101 60 79 3.25m 3.25m 0 Yes
Liffey Meeting Room 3a 1 22 36 30 39 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Convention Bureau have stated
Liffey Meeting Room 3b 1 22 35 30 39 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
that they wish to support a
Liffey Meeting Room 4 1 16 34 30 41 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Worldcon in Ireland. This support Liffey Meeting Room 5 1 20 50 40 51 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
would come in a variety of forms, Ecocem Room 2 40 110 70 99 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
including monetary assistance if Wicklow Meeting Room 1 2 40 102 70 84 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
we are successful with our bid. Wicklow Meeting Room 2 2 40 90 60 79 3.25m 3.25m 0 Yes
Wicklow Meeting Room 2a 2 22 35 30 39 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Wicklow Meeting Room 2b 2 22 40 20 39 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Wicklow Meeting Room 3 2 30 80 50 71 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Wicklow Meeting Room 4 2 30 70 50 65 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Wicklow Meeting Room 5 2 30 80 50 71 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Liffey Boardroom 1 1 8 21 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Liffey Boardroom 2 1 10 31 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Liffey Boardroom 3 1 10 32 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Liffey Boardroom 4 1 6 18 3.25m 3.25m 0 No
Note: Capacity numbers are subject to change
If you are interested in BACKING THE INITIATIVE
All rooms are Wi-Fi enabled
Home Team: Shelly Coleman, Carol Connolly, Pat Fanning, Malcolm Hutchison, Gareth Kavanagh,
helping please contact us at * The Auditorium has 7 Simultaneous Interpretation Booths
Dave Lally, Ted Lee, Ruth Long, Aisling Lynch, Cat McGrath, Maura McHugh, Alissa McKersie, CE Murphy,
volunteer@dublin2019.com ** Banqueting numbers are based on oval tables of ten without a stage
Sonia Murphy, Brian Nisbet, Mick O’Connor, Rod O’Hanlon, Peadar Ó’Guilín, Trish O’Flaherty, Sorcha Power,
Helen Ryder, Philippa Ryder, Lynda E. Rucker, James Shields, Sten Thaning, Julian West, Nicholas Whyte.
www.dublin2019.com
Away Team: Eemeli Aro, Claire Brialey, Liz Batty, Steve Cooper, John Dowd, Vincent Docherty,
info@dublin2019.com Carolina Gómez Lagerlöf, Deb Geisler, Colin Harris, Nigel Furlong, Mark Herrup, Edward James,
facebook.com/dublin2019 Alice Lawson, Mark Meenan, Farah Mendlesohn, Helen Montgomery, Mark Plummer, TR Renner,
Ian Stockdale, Geri Sullivan, Paul Taylor, Kees Van Toorn.
@dublin2019
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