Wow, thank you and well done to everyone who came to the Irish Techie Quiz on Tuesday (Dec 16).
We have raised β¬1620 so far for our fundraiser to The Dublin Simon Community, we will keep our GoFundMe page open till Christmas day, so help spread the word and keep the donations coming in, every little helps.
Also we are β¬19 short of what was raised last year before the match-fund!
Donate to Dublin Simon Community
The team of volunteers this year were:
- Vicky Twomey-Lee (Coding Grace, PyLadies Dublin, GameCraft)
- Declan McGrath (Ruby Ireland, Dublin Elixir)
- Michael Twomey (Coding Grace, PyLadies Dublin, GameCraft)
- Jill Drennon (Dogpatch Labs)
- Conor Burke (Dogpatch Labs)
- And the rest of the Dogpatch Labs team who helped on the night with all the logistics and operations
π«Ά To all our community partners who helped us spread the word about the event, making this special annual meet-up of meet-ups possible, thank you!
- AI Tinkerers Dublin
- CHAI Dublin
- Coding Grace
- CodΓΊ
- DubJUG
- Dublin C++
- Dublin Elixir
- Dublin Linux Community
- dub|sec
- GameCraft
- GDG Dublin & Women Techmakers
- Go Ireland
- PyData Ireland
- PyLadies Dublin
- Python Ireland
- Ruby Ireland
- ShipItCon
- TOG Hackerspace
- Women in AI Ireland
π«Ά And a big thanks to the following sponsors for spreading the festive cheer and providing their support for our Irish Techie Quiz
- Dogpatch Labs: for jumping in at the last minute to host our event, providing food and drink as well as some surprise raffle prizes.
- GreyScout: π₯ 1st prize (5 x β¬50 vouchers)
- Stack and Co.: π₯ 2nd prize (5 x β¬20 vouchers)
- tcube: π₯ 3rd prize (5 x β¬10 vouchers)
β¨ This yearβs team names:-
- 0x1
- AI Quartet
- Controlled Opposition
- Gallifrey
- Go hard or go home!/ Double G
- Gradient
- Head of house
- Pandora
- Password123!
- Quicklists
- Rhycon
- Solana Super Team
- Team
- Team 7
- Thunderkitties
- Tux
- Ulysses
Congrats to the winning teams!
π₯ The biggest tie-breakers we ever had in Quiz history
We have never had such a huge tie-breaker, 5 teams for 3rd place! And a tie-breaker for 1st and 2nd place after that!
Let us know if you got your team name wrong below - irishgeeks@eventgeek.ie
π₯ 1st - Team
π₯ 2nd Place - Quicklists
π₯ 3rd Place - Solana Super Team
π And a reminder, the donation page is still open, we will be closing it on Christmas Day.
Donate to Dublin Simon Community
Here's the link to share: https://www.gofundme.com/f/christmas-with-dogpatch-labs-irish-tech-community
Media
πΈ If you have any photos, please add them to our Flickr group:
Flickr: The Irish Geeks Pool
We are a bunch of tech events organisers based in Ireland and every so often we bring all our members together for fun in a geeky way. ti.to/irishgeeks/
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π And thank you to Rishikesh Vyas for the kind words. π₯°
#irishtech #techcommunity #dublinlinuxcommunity #irishgeeks #tablequiz #christmasvibes #softwaredevelopement | Rishikesh Vyas
Had a fantastic time at theΒ Irish Techie Table Quiz 2025, my very first tech table quiz experience. From science and tech to current news and pop culture, every round came with a overwhelming dose of cheerΒ all wrapped up in proper Christmas spirit π
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It was great to see the Irish tech community come together for laughs, friendly competition, and a meaningful cause. Huge appreciation to the organisers Dublin Linux Community along with Irish Geeks and fellow quiz champions Declan Mc Grath, Michael Twomey and Vicky Twomey-Lee and Dogpatch Labs for hosting such a warm, festive evening and a chance to wrap up the year with purpose, people, and good cheers π
#IrishTech #TechCommunity #DublinLinuxCommunity #IrishGeeks #TableQuiz #ChristmasVibes #SoftwareDevelopement
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#irishtech #techcommunity #dublinlinuxcommunity #irishgeeks #tablequiz #christmasvibes #softwaredevelopement | Rishikesh Vyas
Had a fantastic time at theΒ Irish Techie Table Quiz 2025, my very first tech table quiz experience. From science and tech to current news and pop culture, every round came with a overwhelming dose of cheerΒ all wrapped up in proper Christmas spirit π π It was great to see the Irish tech community come together for laughs, friendly competition, and a meaningful cause. Huge appreciation to the organisers Dublin Linux Community along with Irish Geeks and fellow quiz champions Declan Mc Grath, Michael Twomey and Vicky Twomey-Lee and Dogpatch Labs for hosting such a warm, festive evening and a chance to wrap up the year with purpose, people, and good cheers π #IrishTech #TechCommunity #DublinLinuxCommunity #IrishGeeks #TableQuiz #ChristmasVibes #SoftwareDevelopement
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Finally...
ππ See you all next year, and wishing you all Seasonβs Greetings and a Happy New Year!
/// Vicky (@whykay), Declan and Mick (@micktwomey)
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