29/08/2026
Well! That was fun! đ
Should we do it again??
Just a message to say thanks to everybody and of course congratulations to our new champion Jason Dunne!!
He only narrowly beat Lauxley to the trophy on a tense and bitey tie-breaker!
Of course BlĂĄithĂn ThĂ©rĂ©se, Cat Brogan, Fiona Fedra Carter were a riot and if we had the time for one more task it might have been a different result. But we didnât. So it wasnât. Jasonâs the best!
We have to thank lots of people too. Putting on a show like this needs lots of talented people to make it work so here are those amazing people (in no particular order):
Aisling at The Old Parochial House B&B out in Burt for helping judge the team task up on stage and of course for letting us take over her B&B for filming all the tasks, keeping us fed and for all the lifts!
Sorcha Toodles On Strike for her amazing creative brain and constant support and encouragement, for really adding lovely touches to everything and giving us fresh ideas.
Four times European Champion, Guinness World record holder and Junior Olympic champion cupstacker Laura Beacom (belfastcupstacker on insta) for judging the cupstacking task so well and making the contestants look useless.
Roma Harvey and Kealan for testing the tasks thoroughly for us. Roma also got out the acting skills to somehow transform into a ghost!
Lermagh Graphics for all the printing of tasks and portraits and various other wee things.
The artist Caoimhe Sweeney for another brilliant portrait.
John Leighton of Bennigans Bar for his audio tech support!
Rory McSwiggan for the warmup and intros, recording the night, managing the music.
Sean Coyle for filming with us. So much better at it than me, itâs embarrassing.
The amazing VineyTunes (youtube.com/) for archiving all the Taskmaster music!
Jenny at Little Acorns Bookstore (Derry) for lending us one of their many typewriters!
All the Guildhall staff for being there for everything we needed all night and having Guinness on tap :D.
And of course special thanks to our lovely audience of over 110 for coming out, making amazing trophies, giving us your energy and laughs! We hope yous had a good time!
THANK YOU!
