Balor Theatre

Main Street,
Ballybofey

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Architects: John Bride McNeil

Styles: Streamline Moderne

Previous Names: Ritz Cinema

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Balor Theatre

The Balor Theatre opened as the Ritz Cinema in 1946. It was a cinema until 1982 when the Balor Theatre Company moved in and it became home to the Balor Arts Centre until June of 2008 when the Balor Arts Centre moved to a new building.

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popcorn_pete
popcorn_pete on October 22, 2016 at 8:43 pm

The Ritz was designed by John Bride McNeill, one of his few projects in the Republic, and completed in 1946. The Balor Theatre converted the building for their own use in 1982. Owners the Butt Hall Committee recently submitted plans to have it demolished but the council rejected these in 2015 and listed the building. As of now it is probably still empty.

popcorn_pete
popcorn_pete on October 22, 2016 at 8:46 pm

Forgot to mention that McNeill’s client was William Barry.

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