Octocon

Octocon, Ireland
Octocon, Ireland logo
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
Location(s)Dublin
CountryIreland
Inaugurated1990
Websitehttp://www.octocon.com/

Octocon, the National Irish Science Fiction Convention, first held in 1989, is held (almost) annually in October. It has mostly been staged in Dublin, but for four years was in the university town of Maynooth. It was not held in 2003, and in 2014, when Ireland hosted that year's Eurocon, Shamrokon, in Dublin.[1][2] It was virtual in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid pandemic.

  1. ^ "Meet Rhianna Pratchett - The woman behind the Lara Croft backstory". www.irishexaminer.com. 6 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 42 2018". GeekDad. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2020.