Warwick Arts Centre is one of the largest of its type in the UK. It opened in 1974 and is situated on the University of Warwick campus. The complex includes a 220-seat cinema, the 550-seat Goose Nest theatre, the Butterworth Hall capable of holding up to 1540 in various permutations, the 150-seat Helen Martin Studio space and the Mead Gallery along with several conference rooms. The fare includes theatre, including NT live, comedy, dance, music and visual arts. At the moment film seems to be the staple diet with several being screened each week.
In October 2017 a £17 million three-year programme began to redevelop the Centre, which will include demolition of the cinema and Mead Gallery to create a new building consisting of three auditoria and gallery with a new restaurant, and improvements to foyer areas. The programme is most likely to be connected with the announcement that Coventry will be the City of Culture 2021.
The cinema opened on 17 April 1911 in former restaurant premises and was altered in the 1920s to include a gallery and bring the capacity up to 400 people. The Kingstown in the name was later dropped when the town reverted back to Dun Laoghaire. It passed from Associated Picture Houses to Odeon (Ireland) in the late 1940s and was closed. It reopened as the Tatler around 1950 giving it another decade or so of life. It closed in 1962 and was later dance-hall and then a bank.
According to the local history society the Oisin was located on The Square where Langford Street meets Upper Bridge Street, there was never a cinema on Lower Bridge Street. It was active from 1963 to 1999. Owner Diarmuid O’Shea is on record as saying in 1998 that he was on the verge of closing it down as he could not get the films from Dublin quickly. Even Titanic didn’t do as well as expected. The cinema backed onto the Oisin Ballroom on Ivreagh Road (yes, there were two Oisins) which also operated as a cinema from shortly after it opened in 1938, see separate entry on this site.
Gaiety opened in 1936 and closed as four-screen cinema on 15 June 1997. It was demolished shortly after. The last films were Anaconda, Absolute Power, Con-Air and Scream.
The cinema was in business by 1932 according to press advertising, had a BTH sound system installed, and was showing up to three performances daily. It is still listed in the Kine Year Book of 1948 but seems likely to have closed much earlier than that according to the library.
Foynes certainly had a hall showing films but I don’t know if this is it. It was from October 1942 when Thou Shalt Not Kill was shown and was said to be ongoing.
Astoria opened in 1940 and closed on 15 June 1964. It had 750 seats. It was reopened by Barney Reilly as the Forum Cinema in 1971. Reilly fell victim to the unions for employing non-union labour and film provisions were blocked. He allegedly went on hunger strike in November 1971 before backing down. The cinema was going again on 7 December 1971 with “M.A.S.H.”. It was run by the O’Gormans from 1977 and was notably screening filmed operas in 1985. The two-screen cinema closed in 1999 and was demolished in 2002. It was located in the Glasthule area of the town.
Worth noting that MMW opened as a four-screen affair with two more to be added the following year. It was the enterprise of Joe Mulroy. The opening films included “The Mask of Zorro”, “Babe: Pig in the City”, “The Parent Trap” and “Titanic”.
This may have been a seasonal cinema as the press records two “re"openings on 27 August 1920 with “Willie Riley and his Colleen Bawn” plus two comedies “Why Worry” and “Dancing Bells” and again in August 1922.
Warwick Arts Centre is one of the largest of its type in the UK. It opened in 1974 and is situated on the University of Warwick campus. The complex includes a 220-seat cinema, the 550-seat Goose Nest theatre, the Butterworth Hall capable of holding up to 1540 in various permutations, the 150-seat Helen Martin Studio space and the Mead Gallery along with several conference rooms. The fare includes theatre, including NT live, comedy, dance, music and visual arts. At the moment film seems to be the staple diet with several being screened each week.
In October 2017 a £17 million three-year programme began to redevelop the Centre, which will include demolition of the cinema and Mead Gallery to create a new building consisting of three auditoria and gallery with a new restaurant, and improvements to foyer areas. The programme is most likely to be connected with the announcement that Coventry will be the City of Culture 2021.
The cinema opened on 17 April 1911 in former restaurant premises and was altered in the 1920s to include a gallery and bring the capacity up to 400 people. The Kingstown in the name was later dropped when the town reverted back to Dun Laoghaire. It passed from Associated Picture Houses to Odeon (Ireland) in the late 1940s and was closed. It reopened as the Tatler around 1950 giving it another decade or so of life. It closed in 1962 and was later dance-hall and then a bank.
Opened 4 January 1937.
Opened in December 1996.
Opened 10 August 1991, reportedly by Elizabeth Hurley.
Opened 16 July 1999
A fire in May 2016 is what caused the library to move to temporary accommodation. At the moment the theatre is open for limited events only.
According to the local history society the Oisin was located on The Square where Langford Street meets Upper Bridge Street, there was never a cinema on Lower Bridge Street. It was active from 1963 to 1999. Owner Diarmuid O’Shea is on record as saying in 1998 that he was on the verge of closing it down as he could not get the films from Dublin quickly. Even Titanic didn’t do as well as expected. The cinema backed onto the Oisin Ballroom on Ivreagh Road (yes, there were two Oisins) which also operated as a cinema from shortly after it opened in 1938, see separate entry on this site.
Renamed Savoy about 1945 and closed 1959.
The building is now home to retail outlets and a Chinese restaurant upstairs.
Whitewater Shopping Centre opened April 2006 but cinema came later.
Demolished in 2005.
Gaiety opened in 1936 and closed as four-screen cinema on 15 June 1997. It was demolished shortly after. The last films were Anaconda, Absolute Power, Con-Air and Scream.
Further information indicates a nightclub proposed in 1986, Fianna Fail party offices in 1987 and a furniture shop 1994.
The press reports the Pavilion as “reopenin” in 1936 but no closure date. Gaynor was the nephew of Kilgannon.
The multiplex in the Whitewater Shopping Centre eventually opened but the operator has not supplied an opening date.
The cinema was in business by 1932 according to press advertising, had a BTH sound system installed, and was showing up to three performances daily. It is still listed in the Kine Year Book of 1948 but seems likely to have closed much earlier than that according to the library.
Lee’s had one screen with 190 seats according to a listing of Irish cinemas in 2001.
Foynes certainly had a hall showing films but I don’t know if this is it. It was from October 1942 when Thou Shalt Not Kill was shown and was said to be ongoing.
Astoria opened in 1940 and closed on 15 June 1964. It had 750 seats. It was reopened by Barney Reilly as the Forum Cinema in 1971. Reilly fell victim to the unions for employing non-union labour and film provisions were blocked. He allegedly went on hunger strike in November 1971 before backing down. The cinema was going again on 7 December 1971 with “M.A.S.H.”. It was run by the O’Gormans from 1977 and was notably screening filmed operas in 1985. The two-screen cinema closed in 1999 and was demolished in 2002. It was located in the Glasthule area of the town.
Adelphi closed 15 May 1971 when plans to turn the site into a supermarket were on the table.
Although built 1935 the Magnet actually opened in January 1936.
The County actually closed on 14 January 1999 shortly after the opening of Mayo Movie World.
Worth noting that MMW opened as a four-screen affair with two more to be added the following year. It was the enterprise of Joe Mulroy. The opening films included “The Mask of Zorro”, “Babe: Pig in the City”, “The Parent Trap” and “Titanic”.
This may have been a seasonal cinema as the press records two “re"openings on 27 August 1920 with “Willie Riley and his Colleen Bawn” plus two comedies “Why Worry” and “Dancing Bells” and again in August 1922.