Phoenix Cinema

Fairhill Road,
Cookstown, BT80

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popcorn_pete
popcorn_pete on August 18, 2023 at 12:04 pm

Phoenix closed temporarily April 1984 but hadn’t readvertised in the press by the end of 1985. Still being checked out.

popcorn_pete
popcorn_pete on August 18, 2023 at 9:44 am

The Picture House at Fair Hill reopened as the Phoenix on Monday 31 August 1964 with John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara in McLintock playing one house Tuesday to Friday and two houses Mondays and Saturdays with children’s matinees on Saturday mornings. Proprietor Thomas Quinn, 400 seats, architects Cosgrove, Rooney and McConville. Opening ceremony by Mr J.P. Duff chairman of Tyrone County Council manager George Dardis. Rebuilt following the fire of 1961. There was an Electric Picture House at Fair Hill from at least 1918 but plain old Picture House by 1932.

Biffaskin
Biffaskin on July 2, 2023 at 11:27 am

Architects plans dated 1920, so the cinema opened around that time. A.M. Brennan was the architect.

popcorn_pete
popcorn_pete on January 24, 2022 at 7:59 am

Picture House was gutted by fire 19 December 1961, owned at the time by Mr N Donaghy. Obviously a lot of fires about!