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| status = Active
| status = Active
| venue = [[The Helix]], [[Dublin City University]]
| venue = [[Croke Park]]
| location = Dublin
| location = Dublin
| country = Republic of Ireland
| country = Republic of Ireland
| first = 2005
| first = 2005
| attendance = 1,200 in 2010
| attendance = 1,908 <small>(2012)</small>
| website = http://www.eirtakon.com
| website = http://www.eirtakon.com
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'''Eirtakon''' is an annual three-day [[anime convention]] held in [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The convention began in 2005 and was the first anime convention to be held in the Republic of Ireland, a few months after [[Tomo-Dachi]] was first held in [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name="Drop-D May">{{cite news|url=http://www.drop-d.ie/eirtaku-in-the-wild-introductions-conventions/16039|title=Eirtaku in the Wild: Introductions & Conventions|publisher=drop-d.ie|date=2011-05-02|accessdate=2011-05-02}}</ref> The event is run every year in conjunction with [[Dublin City University]]'s Anime & Manga Society.<ref name="AMS">{{cite web|url=http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~ams/index.php|title=DCU AMS Homepage|accessdate=2010-07-13}}</ref>
'''Eirtakon''' is an annual three-day [[anime convention]] held in [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The convention began in 2005 and was the first anime convention to be held in the Republic of Ireland, a few months after [[Tomo-Dachi]] was first held in [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name="Drop-D May">{{cite web|url=http://www.drop-d.ie/eirtaku-in-the-wild-introductions-conventions/16039|title=Eirtaku in the Wild: Introductions & Conventions|publisher=drop-d.ie|date=2011-05-02|accessdate=2011-05-02}}</ref> The event is run every year in conjunction with [[Dublin City University]]'s Anime & Manga Society.<ref name="AMS">{{cite web|url=http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~ams/index.php|title=DCU AMS Homepage|accessdate=2010-07-13}}</ref>


==Name==
==Name==
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For the first five years, the convention was held in the main hall of The Hub, DCU, as well as expanding to ancillary buildings nearby. Traders of anime, manga, games, and related merchandise, as well as budding artists and animators have stalls at Eirtakon each year, and are one of the main driving forces behind the convention's popularity.
For the first five years, the convention was held in the main hall of The Hub, DCU, as well as expanding to ancillary buildings nearby. Traders of anime, manga, games, and related merchandise, as well as budding artists and animators have stalls at Eirtakon each year, and are one of the main driving forces behind the convention's popularity.


For 2010, the event was held in [[The Helix]], one of the largest purpose-built convention spaces in the country.<ref name="Eirtakon">{{cite web|url=http://eirtakon.com/vbdrupal/node/59|title=Venue, Date & Prices confirmed for Eirtakon 2010|date=|accessdate=2010-07-13}}</ref><ref name="Le cool 2010">{{cite web|url=http://dublin.lecool.com/dublin/en/5115|title=LE COOL - DUBLIN - Festival - Eirtakon|date=2010-10-15|accessdate=2010-27-10|publisher=[[Le cool]]}}</ref>
In 2010, the event was moved to [[The Helix (Dublin)|The Helix]], one of the largest purpose-built convention spaces in the country<ref name="Eirtakon">{{cite web|url=http://eirtakon.com/vbdrupal/node/59|title=Venue, Date & Prices confirmed for Eirtakon 2010|date=|accessdate=2010-07-13}}</ref><ref name="Le cool 2010">{{cite web|url=http://dublin.lecool.com/dublin/en/5115|title=LE COOL - DUBLIN - Festival - Eirtakon|date=2010-10-15|accessdate=2010-27-10|publisher=[[Le cool]]}}</ref>, owing to the convention outgrowing the capacity available inside The Hub.

For 2013, Eirtakon moved to the [[Croke Park]] Conference Centre.<ref name="EirtaCroke">{{cite web|url=http://eirtakon.com/content/94-Eirtakon-is-heading-to-Croke-Park|title=Eirtakon is heading to Croke Park!|date=March 22nd, 2013|accessdate=April 7th, 2013}}</ref>


===Mascot===
===Mascot===
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|-
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! Dates !! Location !! Atten. !! Guests
! Dates !! Location !! Attendance !! Guests
{{Convention list
{{Convention list
| date = November 11–13, 2005
| date = November 11–13, 2005
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| venue = Dublin City University
| venue = Dublin City University
| location = Dublin, Ireland
| location = Dublin, Ireland
| attendance = 994<ref name="2009 Attendees Record">{{cite web | url = http://eirtakon.com/vbdrupal/node/57 | title = Eirtakon 2009 Smashes 1,000 Attendees Barrier | publisher = Eirtakon.com | accessdate = 2010-07-13}}</ref>
| attendance = ~1,000<ref name="2009 Attendees Record">{{cite web | url = http://eirtakon.com/vbdrupal/node/57 | title = Eirtakon 2009 Smashes 1,000 Attendees Barrier | publisher = Eirtakon.com | accessdate = 2010-07-13}}</ref>
| guests = [[Kevin M. Connolly]]<ref name="AC-2009">{{cite web | url = http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1859 | title = Eirtakon 2009 Information | publisher = AnimeCons.com | accessdate = 2009-05-08}}</ref>
| guests = [[Kevin M. Connolly]]<ref name="AC-2009">{{cite web | url = http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1859 | title = Eirtakon 2009 Information | publisher = AnimeCons.com | accessdate = 2009-05-08}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Convention list
{{Convention list
| date = October 15-17, 2010
| date = October 15–17, 2010
| venue = [[The Helix]]
| venue = [[The Helix (Dublin)|The Helix]]
| location = Dublin, Ireland
| location = Dublin, Ireland
| attendance = 1,200<ref name="2010 numbers">{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-10-18/eirtakon-2010-past-1200-attendees|title=Eirtakon 2010 Sails Past 1200 Attendees|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]||date=2010-10-18|accessdate=2010-10-26}}</ref>
| attendance = ~1,200<ref name="2010 numbers">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-10-18/eirtakon-2010-past-1200-attendees|title=Eirtakon 2010 Sails Past 1200 Attendees|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]||date=2010-10-18|accessdate=2010-10-26}}</ref>
| guests = [[Spike Spencer]]<ref name="Spike Spencer coming to Eirtakon 2010">{{cite web|url =http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-06-08/spike-spencer-coming-to-eirtakon|title=Spike Spencer Coming to Eirtakon|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdate = 2010-07-13}}</ref><ref name="Le cool 2010" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almostevilminions.com/main.html|title=Almost Evil Conventions|publisher=almostevilminions.com|accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref>
| guests = [[Spike Spencer]]<ref name="Spike Spencer coming to Eirtakon 2010">{{cite web|url =http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-06-08/spike-spencer-coming-to-eirtakon|title=Spike Spencer Coming to Eirtakon|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdate = 2010-07-13}}</ref><ref name="Le cool 2010" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almostevilminions.com/upcoming.html|title=Almost Evil Conventions|publisher=almostevilminions.com|accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref>, Anna Fitzpatrick
}}
}}
{{Convention list
{{Convention list
| date = November 11-13, 2011
| date = November 11–13, 2011
| venue = [[The Helix]]
| venue = [[The Helix (Dublin)|The Helix]]
| location = Dublin, Ireland
| location = Dublin, Ireland
| attendance = ~1,550<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eirtakon.com/node/147|title=Eirtakon 2012 - New Committee and Dates Announced!|date=2011-12-15|accessdate=2012-05-03}}</ref>
| attendance =
| guests = [[Liam O'Brien]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2011-04-14/liam-obrien-guest-of-honour-at-eirtakon-2011|title=Liam O'Brien Guest of Honour At Eirtakon 2011|date=2011-04-14|accessdate=2011-05-02|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>
| guests = [[Liam O'Brien]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-14/liam-obrien-guest-of-honour-at-eirtakon-2011|title=Liam O'Brien Guest of Honour At Eirtakon 2011|date=2011-04-14|accessdate=2011-05-02|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>, Judith Stephens, DestinyBlue
}}
{{Convention list
| date = November 9–11, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neomag.co.uk/art/anime-manga/news/1036/eirtakon-returns-on-9-to-11-november|title=Eirtakon Returns On 9 to 11 November|publisher=[[Neo (magazine)]]|first=David|last=West|date=October 15, 2012|accessdate=October 15, 2012}}</ref>
| venue = [[The Helix (Dublin)|The Helix]]
| location = Dublin, Ireland
| attendance = 1,908<ref name="EirtaCroke" />
| guests = [[Richard Epcar]], [[Ellyn Stern]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-05/eirtakon-guests-of-honour-are-richard-epcar-and-ellyn-stern|title=Eirtakon Guests of Honour are Richard Epcar and Ellyn Stern|date=2012-04-05|accessdate=2012-05-01|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drop-d.ie/eirtaku-in-the-wild-ways-to-experience-japan/24591|title=Eirtaku in the Wild: Ways to Experience Japan|date=2012-04-06|accessdate=2012-05-01|first=Mark|last=Murphy|publisher=Drop-D.ie}}</ref>, Parlé Productions, DestinyBlue
}}
{{Convention list
| date = November 22–24, 2013<ref name="EirtaCroke" />
| venue = [[Croke Park]]
| location = Dublin, Ireland
| attendance = 2,614<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eirtakon.com/content/170-Eirtakon-2013-Thank-you-all|title=Eirtakon 2013 – Thank you all!|date=November 25, 2013|accessdate=December 4, 2013}}</ref>
| guests = [[Steven Blum]], [[Courtnee Draper]], Riki LeCotey
}}
}}
|}
|}
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite journal|last=Hanlon|first=Eoghan|title=Comic Youth|journal=Fringe Student Magazine|issue=Spring 2011|pages=13–14|publisher=Fringe Magazine|location=[[Rathmines College of Further Education]]|url=http://eoghanhanlon.com/wordpress2/?p=123|accessdate=2011-05-06}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.oxygen.ie/eirtakon_preview.PAGE4576.html|title=Eirtakon Preview|accessdate=2011-11-29|publisher=[[The Spanner]]}}
{{Refend}}


==External links==
==External links==
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{{Anime conventions in Europe}}
{{Anime conventions in Europe}}


[[Category:Anime conventions|Eirtakon]]
[[:Category:Anime and manga conventions|Eirtakon]]

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Eirtakon
StatusActive
VenueCroke Park
Location(s)Dublin
CountryRepublic of Ireland
Inaugurated2005
Attendance1,908 (2012)
Websitehttp://www.eirtakon.com

Eirtakon is an annual three-day anime convention held in Dublin, Ireland. The convention began in 2005 and was the first anime convention to be held in the Republic of Ireland, a few months after Tomo-Dachi was first held in Derry, Northern Ireland.[1] The event is run every year in conjunction with Dublin City University's Anime & Manga Society.[2]

Name

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The name Eirtakon is derived from the word Eirtaku, a portmanteau of Éire and otaku, originally used as the title of an Irish anime forum. Eirtakon's founders John Doyle and Ross Duggan[3] married the subculture phrase Eirtaku with the naming scheme generally employed by American anime conventions (as in Otakon), resulting in the name Eirtakon.[1]

History

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Location

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For the first five years, the convention was held in the main hall of The Hub, DCU, as well as expanding to ancillary buildings nearby. Traders of anime, manga, games, and related merchandise, as well as budding artists and animators have stalls at Eirtakon each year, and are one of the main driving forces behind the convention's popularity.

In 2010, the event was moved to The Helix, one of the largest purpose-built convention spaces in the country[4][5], owing to the convention outgrowing the capacity available inside The Hub.

For 2013, Eirtakon moved to the Croke Park Conference Centre.[6]

Mascot

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Eirtakon's official mascot is Lori, a green-haired girl designed by artist Swissy.[7] She has undergone a continual evolution since the first Eirtakon in 2005 and is the subject of many fan drawings which often cover the venue.

Event history

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Dates Location Attendance Guests
November 11–13, 2005 Dublin City University
Dublin, Ireland		200[8]
February 9–11, 2007 Dublin City University
Dublin, Ireland[9]
November 23–25, 2007 Dublin City University
Dublin, Ireland		418[10]
November 14–16, 2008 Dublin City University
Dublin, Ireland		788Vic Mignogna[11]
November 13–15, 2009 Dublin City University
Dublin, Ireland		~1,000[12]Kevin M. Connolly[13]
October 15–17, 2010 The Helix
Dublin, Ireland		~1,200[14]Spike Spencer[15][5][16], Anna Fitzpatrick
November 11–13, 2011 The Helix
Dublin, Ireland		~1,550[17]Liam O'Brien[18], Judith Stephens, DestinyBlue
November 9–11, 2012[19] The Helix
Dublin, Ireland		1,908[6]Richard Epcar, Ellyn Stern[20][21], Parlé Productions, DestinyBlue
November 22–24, 2013[6] Croke Park
Dublin, Ireland		2,614[22]Steven Blum, Courtnee Draper, Riki LeCotey

Awards

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On the 31st March 2010, Eirtakon 2009 won the Best Society Event award during the annual Dublin City University Clubs & Socities awards, and represented DCU in the Best Event category at the Board of Irish College Societies national awards that year.[23]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Eirtaku in the Wild: Introductions & Conventions". drop-d.ie. 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  2. ^ "DCU AMS Homepage". Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  3. ^ Ross Duggan
  4. ^ "Venue, Date & Prices confirmed for Eirtakon 2010". Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  5. ^ a b "LE COOL - DUBLIN - Festival - Eirtakon". Le cool. 2010-10-15. Retrieved 2010-27-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ a b c "Eirtakon is heading to Croke Park!". March 22nd, 2013. Retrieved April 7th, 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  7. ^ "EirtaKon | Droolings". Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  8. ^ "Eirtakon 2005 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
  9. ^ "Eirtakon 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
  10. ^ "Eirtakon 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
  11. ^ "Eirtakon 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
  12. ^ "Eirtakon 2009 Smashes 1,000 Attendees Barrier". Eirtakon.com. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  13. ^ "Eirtakon 2009 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  14. ^ "Eirtakon 2010 Sails Past 1200 Attendees". Anime News Network. 2010-10-18. Retrieved 2010-10-26. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  15. ^ "Spike Spencer Coming to Eirtakon". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  16. ^ "Almost Evil Conventions". almostevilminions.com. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  17. ^ "Eirtakon 2012 - New Committee and Dates Announced!". 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  18. ^ "Liam O'Brien Guest of Honour At Eirtakon 2011". Anime News Network. 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  19. ^ West, David (October 15, 2012). "Eirtakon Returns On 9 to 11 November". Neo (magazine). Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  20. ^ "Eirtakon Guests of Honour are Richard Epcar and Ellyn Stern". Anime News Network. 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  21. ^ Murphy, Mark (2012-04-06). "Eirtaku in the Wild: Ways to Experience Japan". Drop-D.ie. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  22. ^ "Eirtakon 2013 – Thank you all!". November 25, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  23. ^ Varley, Ceile (2010-05-09). "Drama win best society at Clubs and Socs awards". The College View. Dublin City University. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
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