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

Charity Partners:

Updates on Gaelcon

  • 256 sleeps to Gaelcon; IGA Q1 EGM Update

    *** Gaelcon 37 **** The venue for Gaelcon 37 is as previous years, it takes place from October 24th – 27th at Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport, Northwood Park, Santry Demesne, Dublin Ireland 9. This certainty around dates and venue is important to allow people to plan their year. Special Guest – maybe more than one,…

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  • Boardgame Schedule Announced

    The 4-day schedule for the boardgames area is now live for Gaelcon 2024.  Pick out the games you want to play and comment on the geeklist for soft pre-bookings.  All details can be found here: https://iga.ie/boardgames-schedule-2024/

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  • Die of the year poll winners announced

    In the running, of course, was fan favourite d4, more lethal than Lego in the long-pile carpet, but utimately pretty unsatisfying in its arerobatics. This year it gets an honourable mention. Runner up is the d20; good balance of being readable and providing a range of numbers, which d10 ultimately has to pair up to…

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