Brick.ie The Irish Association for Adult Fans of LEGO®

Its a busy month for brick.ie. Some of our members have just returned from exhibiting at a fantastic fan event in Paredes de Coura in Portugal. However, we've barely time to unpack the cases before we head off to the Kildare County Show in Athy this Father's Day. With 20 exhibitors and new models again on show it promises to be a great day out.

Our models in the Arnotts 175 museum remain on display throughout June and July so if you haven't checked out the Dame Street Central Bank and Adelphi cinema buildings in particular you still have time. As part of that event we were interviewed by Ryan Tubridy for his radio show.

A brick.ie team will also be heading to Manchester's Bricktastic event organised by the fantastic charity Fairy Bricks at the end of June. In between, we have our regular Dublin and Limerick meetings. Also, we feature in the current Blocks Magazine (Issue 44).

This event is being organised in partnership with the Brickxclub Ireland team over 2 days in Cork. What a nice way to round off the summer.

A group of Brick.ie member from the Limerick area are showing their models over the last weekend in May.
Note: tickets for this event are now sold out.

Between the display in Naas and the release of Solo join us for a chat about all things Lego.

The arrival of May signals the kick-off the busy event season for us. First up on 11 to 12 May we have our free Naas Library event. This not only features the latest creations from 20 members but also expands the building zone beyond our brick pit to include a brick wall for the first time.

At the same time as we prepared for Naas, a team of brick.ie builders has being installing models into Arnotts Department store as part of its 175th anniversary celebrations. As well as giving a chance to get a closer look at popular brick.ie models of the GPO 1916 and Arnotts itself, we've been busy clicking bricks to recreate the former Adelphi cinema and the Central Bank in Dame Street, two new builds which premier at Arnotts 175.

May also sees the launch of Brick Con, a sold-out event in Limerick run by local AFOLs at which many brick.ie members will be displaying.

And if that wasn't enough, we continue to plan for the Kildare County Show this coming Fathers Day.

Details to be announced.

This bi-annual model railway and hobbies exhibition organised by the Model Railway Society of Ireland takes place over the October 2018 bank holiday weekend. A team from brick.ie will participate once again to bring a LEGO element to this popular hobby event.

January saw over a dozen members bring out their latest creations to Tayto Park as part of Brickx Fest 2018. If the high standard is anything to go by then 2018 should be a great year for brick.ie exhibitions. Check out our Facebook page for pictures of the event. A big shout out goes to our member Elkaczorro for his fantastic (and massive) new ship.

We have now set the date for our free Naas Library event, one of the highlights of our year. Our 2018 event will be held on 11 and 12 May commencing at 2pm on Friday 11th with normal library opening hours on Saturday 12th.

Meanwhile our regular meetings continue on the third Saturday of the month at the Black Sheep pub in Capel Street Dublin. The first Tuesday of the month also sees some of our Limerick members meet up. Check our forum for details.

Join us on the third Saturday in April in the Black Sheep Pub for a bit of food, drink and banter. If we have some pocket money left we might spend it on Toy Corner.

A little later in the month than usual because of Paddy's day, our March meeting will be on Saturday the 24th.
The location will not change though, the Black Sheep pub on Capel street.
Join us for a chat about chocolate eggs and qualifying in Melbourne. Oh, and ABS from Denmark.

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