My photo gallery from ConFuzzled 2025 is now available here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....77720326493778
As ever, if you spot yourself in the gallery then feel entirely free to reuse.

All my photos from Scotiacon 2025 are now available here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....77720323818208
As ever, if you spot yourself in the gallery then feel entirely free to reuse.

My photos from Dublin’s largest furry event, FNNY, are now available here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....77720323147585
This furry party was held on January 11th and had the highest fursuit turnout of any furry event ever held in Ireland before.
If you spot yourself in the gallery, then feel entirely free to reuse.

My photos from UK Ponycon 2024 are now available here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....77720321009634
If you spot yourself in there, feel free to repost.

Due to rampant right wing and hateful content on Twitter since the Musk takeover, I’ve decided to abandon that platform for good.

My socials can now be found at BlueSky
dairishgoat.bsky.social

And also Mastodon
@Dairishgoat@mastodon.social

My photos from FNNY 2024 ( Ireland’s largest furry meet ) are now online here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....77720313904162
As ever, if you spot yourself in any of these pics then feel entirely free to repost.

2023 was a quiet enough year.
I only attended three furry events - FNNY in Dublin, Scotiacon in Glasgow, and ConFuzzled in Birmingham. All were quite fun, the only dark shadow being a group of teens hurling abuse and rocks at fursuiters on the last day of ConFuzzled. I was staying in an overflow hotel, only a few mins walk from the main, but I was quite on edge going back & forth on that last day. Luckily, the teens never approached me.
I decided to retire Peaches after 12 years and ConFuzzled was her final con. Luckily, she got some nice photos at the hoofer meet there. She’ll probably still appear from time to time in photos taken at home but she’s no longer in good enough shape for bringing overseas. Can’t say she didn’t have a good run as she’s been to many, many cons in both Europe and the US. I still have my bunny and kangaroo.
My fursuiting time has decreased somewhat, anyway. I used to suit 3 or 4 hours per day at cons a decade ago, I don’t really go for much longer than an hour these days. Have to admit my enthusiasm for stomping around and sweating buckets inside a brightly coloured carpet has waned somewhat. I love hugging and photographing fursuits but the effort of performing in one myself has lost some appeal. I’m in my late 40s now, so I’ll never have the same energy as all those 20something suiters.
As for non furry trips, I cycled the Dingle peninsula in September, covering about 200km over four days. That was a fun trip if very tiring.
Rest of the year was pretty uneventful, aside from a change of work location in June ( same job, just different part of the city ).
Here’s to 2024.

I’ve uploaded my photos from ConFuzzled 2023 here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....77720308735025

As ever, if you see yourself in there then feel entirely free to reuse.

My photos from Scotiacon 2023 are now available here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....77720305858035
As ever, if you see yourself then feel free to reuse.

I attended Furry Not New Years in Dublin last night, which is the biggest event of the year in the Irish furry fandom. Quite a big turnout, plus a new venue that was much larger than the last place.
My photos are here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....77720305097913
Feel free to reuse if you spot yourself.

I attended the LondonFurs Winter Party in central London on Saturday 10th of Dec. It was lots of fun with a huge turnout.
My pics are available here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....7720304447972/
If you see yourself in there, feel free to reuse.

My pics from Eurofurence are now available here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....77720301705624
Feel free to reuse any pics you see yourself in.

I attended Furry Not New Years in Dublin last night. FNNY is normally held in early January ( hence the name ) but was delayed due to Covid.
Got some pics here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....77720301128164
If you were there and if you see yourself, feel free to reuse.

I’ve uploaded a second gallery of ConFuzzled 2022 pics, this time focusing on the dances.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....77720299608271
As ever, if you spot yourself then feel free to reuse.

I’m just home from ConFuzzled 2022, which was my first con in over two years. It was great to be back. Sadly, I also brought back an unwanted souvenir - Covid. I guess you could call it Con Crud Plus.
Anyway, my photos from the con can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....77720299473073
If you see yourself, feel free to repost.

Here's some fursuit photos from last month:

A visit to  swifty_wolf &  pudgical
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....57719857334175

Some photos with  tigersclawswiss
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....57720079934877

Well, it’s now been a full year since my last furry con, which was Scotiacon 2019. That’s the longest gap I’ve had between cons in over 10 years.
Based on what’s going on with vaccines at the moment, it’ll be summer 2021 or later before cons and meets can resume. To keep on the safe side, it may even be months after that before any events take place. So maybe it’s more realistic to say 2022.
Given the momentum has been broken, it’s difficult to say if cons will ever be the same again. A lot of people who were once regular attendees may not return. Some people may develop a taste for the current trend of VR cons and decide to stick to online events only.
It’ll be a changed landscape after this is all over for sure.

Looks like 2020 is turning out to be a bit of a bust in con terms. The current Covid-19 crisis has seen a large amount of events either cancelled or postponed, and who knows when it’ll be safe to resume normal life.
ConFuzzled isn’t happening.
I was half tempted to pop over to Berlin for EF but that may end up being cancelled, too. Besides, not sure if I want to fly anywhere at all this year.
There’s a furmeet scheduled for July in Llandudno that I’d like to attend but stuff like social distancing may still be in effect at that point.
So I’m thinking the Manchester and London winter parties towards the end of the year might be the best things to aim for.
But, in these uncertain times, who knows?

My photo gallery from FNNY 2020 ( a furry party held in Dublin ) is now available here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....57712635448461
As ever, if you see yourself then feel free to reuse.

I'm just back from a double con trip to Scotland.

My pics from Scotiacon 2019 are online here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....57711849891653
Feel free to reuse any pics of yourself.

I also attended BronyScot, a 'My Little Pony' con held in Glasgow. My pics from that con can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....57711849638118

My photos from the Londonfurs boat trip and summer party are now available here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....57709807003411
As ever, if you see your fursuit then feel free to reuse.

I attended a furmeet in Llandudno, Wales this past weekend. Llandudno is a nice seaside town and it made for a great backdrop to a furmeet. Pics can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....57709642617501
This coming weekend I shall be attending the London furs boat party & summer event.

My pics from FNNY held in Dublin last night:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....57705396298575
As ever, feel free to reuse if you're in here.

My pics from Midwest FurFest 2018 are now up here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....57676348646308
If you see yourself in any of these photos then feel free to reuse.

All my photos from Scotiacon 2018 are now online here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finba.....57700030269152
As ever, feel free to reuse any pics of your suit.