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AnthroIrish (AI) 2026 is scheduled for Aug 1-2, 2026 at The Metropole Hotel. The announced theme is Rebel's Pirate Party. Guest of honor information lists Reskell.
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AnthroIrish 2025 moved to The Metropole Hotel in Cork on July 26-27, 2025 and drew 300 registrations, a significant jump from 240 the year before. The convention raised approximately €1,000 for Homeless Help and Support Cork.
AnthroIrish 2 returned to Clayton Hotel Cork City on August 3-4, 2024 with the theme Faery Tail Creatures. The event drew 240 attendees, with fundraising for Feed West Cork and LadyNightlight listed as guest of honor.
The inaugural edition ran on August 5-6, 2023 in Cork and drew 131 attendees. It raised €432 for the Irish Blood Transfusion Services, giving the event a clear community-minded identity from year one.
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| Year | Dates | Theme | Attendance | Charity Raised | Guest(s) of Honor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2027 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | None Announced |
2026 | Aug 1-2 | Rebel's Pirate Party | TBA | TBA | Reskell |
2025 | Jul 26-27 | Rebel's Space Adventure | 300 | €1,000(Homeless Help and Support Cork) | None Announced |
2024 | Aug 3-4 | Faery Tail Creatures | 240 | €695(Feed West Cork) | LadyNightlight |
2023 | Aug 5-6 | TBA | 131 | €432(Irish Blood Transfusion Services) | Casey Explosion |
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A four-year-old convention run entirely from one Linktree page
AnthroIrish runs its entire online presence through a single Linktree page at `linktr.ee/anthroirish`, there is no `anthroirish.ie` or `.com` domain. Tickets sit on Eventbrite, the announcement channel and group chat both live on Telegram, the Code of Conduct is a public Google Doc, and contact runs through a Gmail address (`[email protected]`).
The Metropole Hotel: a 125-year Victorian Quarter landmark
AnthroIrish 2026 runs inside The Metropole Hotel on MacCurtain Street in Cork''s Victorian Quarter, a late-19th-century building that has stood for over 125 years and is a member of Historic Hotels of Europe.
A fiercely competitive pub quiz as headline programming
Among the headline weekend activities AnthroIrish surfaces in regional press is a fiercely competitive pub quiz, a classically Irish pub-culture format sitting alongside the usual dances and dealers.
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