Tivoli Theatre
O'Brien Street,
Tipperary Town
E34
O'Brien Street,
Tipperary Town
E34
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This cinema has been mislabelled and should be the Tivoli as indicated in the overview. The Gaiety already has an entry on the site and was in Market Street (later Mitchell Street) in the Town Hall complex. There does not seem to have been a cinema on Main Street.
The Tivoli was already in business by May 1912 as the Tipperary Electric Theatre and also staged variety shows. A big occasion was in January 1913 when a reputed 600 children were treated toa special show. It was operating as the Tivoli Picture House by 1913 and was later described as the Tivoli Theatre in the 1920s. It is still referenced in the press until at least October 1942 although it wasn’t necessarily screening films. The original proprietor was Bryan O’Donnell, who along with the Picturedrome’s owner W.G. Evans was often mentioned in the press for operating without the appropriate licence. Henry Street was later renamed O'Brien Street.