The Irish Games Association hosts Ireland’s oldest independent gaming convention, Gaelcon. In 2025, it takes place from October 24th – 27th. Gaelcon 37 takes place at Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport, Northwood Park, Santry Demesne, Dublin 9, Ireland.

Convention Opening Hours:

🕒 Friday from 5pm to 1am
🕒 Saturday from 9am to 1am
🕒 Sunday from 9am to 1am
🕒Monday from 9am to 5pm

Delighted to be sponsored by:

Chaosium Inc. on their 50th anniversairy

With support from Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council

Our charity partners:

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Updates on Gaelcon

  • Gaelcon Boardgames 2024 In Review

    In order to make the best of Gaelcon 2025, we have been reviewing some of the successes and some of the feedback we got from the convention last year. Don’t worry, we hope to have even more improvements for this year but in the meantime we thought we would share the highlights of board games…

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  • 2025 Committee for Gaelcon Announced

    We are delighted to announce the Committee for Gaelcon 37 which will be held in 2025 at the Crowne Park Airport Hotel on the October Bank Holiday weekend 24th-27th. All the volunteers are already at work, measuring the rooms twice, contacting traders and sponsors, plotting world domination for tabletop games. You know the kind of…

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  • Filling the Final Roles in the Gaelcon 2025 Committee

    So, the venue is booked, we’ve got leadership (all hail Tymora!), RPGs, boardgames and many more posts sorted. But there are still some Gaelcon roles we would love to have new volunteers for: Gaelcon booklet designer: this is mainly done in September/October, you should have some design/layout experience, ideally in print. If you are interested…

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