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. RESTAURANTS 2 Il Vignardo at The Beresford Hotel 3 The Good Bits 4 Thai Spice 8 Harbour Master Bar & Restaurant 11 Ely Chq T 14 Toss’d h 15 Oly’s at Jurys Inn IFSC e Map of Local Area C 23 La Cuveé o 24 Dublin Wine Rooms n Your quick guide to key services within 15 minutes walk of The CCD v 26 La Corte en 31 Borlottie t 34 Milano i o 35 J2 Grill & Sushi n 36 Kudos at The Clarion Hotel C 38 Swai en Location t 39 Quay 12 at Cill Airne r 41 Coda Eatery at The Gibson Hotel e 49 Café Cairo at The Trinity Capital Hotel D 54 The Pig’s Ear u b 76 The Southbank at The Ferryman Hotel l i 79 Stir at The Maldron Hotel n 82 Crystal Boat 84 Bridge Bar and Grill 86 The Brasserie at The Marker Hotel 89 Ely HQ 90 Riva Spe 91 Herbstreet Restaurant n 92 Milano c e r PUBS D o 1 Café Le Monde at The Beresford Hotel c k 6 The Vaults , 7 Harbour Master Bar & Restaurant N o 16 Oly’s Bar at Jurys Inn IFSC r t 21 Lagoona Bar & Restaurant h 37 The Clarion Hotel Bar W 40 Blue River Bistro Bar at Cill Airne a l 42 Hemi Bar at The Gibson Hotel l 44 Harry’s Bar Q u 45 Macturcaills a 48 The Trinity Capital Hotel Bar y , 51 O’Neill’s Pub & Townhouse D 55 The Blarney Inn ub 74 7 58 Lincoln Inn l i 60 Kennedy’s n 1 74 7 63 O’Callaghan Mont Clare Hotel Bar 64 O’Callaghan Davenport Hotel Bar 67 The Ginger man 69 O’Callaghan Alexander Hotel Bar 73 Pearse Hotel Bar 75 The Ferryman Hotel Bar T 78 Vertigo Bar at The Maldron Hotel : 87 The Market Bar at The Marker Hotel + 3 88 The Rooftop Lounge at The Marker 5 Hotel 3 1 93 Ocean Bar The 8 5 Ferryman CAF ÉS 6 Hotel 0 5 The Pig & Heifer 0 0 9 Munchies 0 10 O’Brien’s 12 Starbucks Chq 13 Insomnia 17 Burritos & Blues E : 18 Subway m 19 Insomnia a 20 Il Fornaio Cafe Bar r k 22 Bar Italia e t i 25 Broadway Pizza Parlour n 27 Swedish Food Co g 28 O’Brien’s @ t 29 MYO Sandwich Bar he 30 Munchies c 32 Seven Wonders c 33 Bagel Bar d . i 43 Costa Coee e 46 McCabes Deli Cash Machines SERVICES 47 The Espresso Corner 50 The Pig & Heifer Dublin Bikes Barber 52 O’Brien’s ww 53 BrewBaker Café 56 Café Crepe w Beauty . Hotels t 57 Insomnia h 59 Café Sol e Car Hire Parking c 61 Café Tri via c 62 Café Sol d . Dry Cleaners Shops i 65 The Westland Café e 66 Il Cae di Napoli Health/Pharmacy Tourist Attractions 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 83 Il Valentino Continental Bakery Bus Post Ofce Services 85 The Art of Coee Liey Voyage Cinema 747 Airport Coach The Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) sits on the north side of the River ACCOMMODATION DUBLIN AIRPORT Liffey, looking south. It is a mile east of 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. to house our members. The main hotels development in the 21st century of the Daily direct flights from Abu within a ten minute walk are: Dublin Docklands area, and is built on 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, Gibson Hotel: 252 rooms (850m away) the Liffey adjacent to the Convention 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 number of bus services to Busáras, Historical venues such as The Custom proximity. The Morrison Doubletree is the central bus station,which is House or The Jeanie Johnston Famine located mile away along the quays, whilst two stops away on the LUAS (tram) Ship are also to hand on the same quays. 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, with White being supportive of both incarnations of the Irish Science Fiction Association and attending the national con, Octocon, repeatedly. A LAND OF 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. STORIES Annually there is no shortage of activities for fans, with two literary SF cons and many multimedia, comic, anime, manga Ireland is a place of tales, legends, books, comics, art, and gaming conventions such as 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.