Old cinemas

spurious

Upstairs in Pearse Street library have lots of old 'Evening Press' and other papers.

Dublinwon

spurious wrote: »

Upstairs in Pearse Street library have lots of old 'Evening Press' and other papers.

Thanks for that, ill give that a look now, evening press was great

cena

anyone remember the one in roscommon

Jijsaw

cena wrote: »

anyone remember the one in roscommon

That was a good year that we had the cinema too much money was put into it though

david75

I remember seeing E.T. in a cinema just off Parnell square up from granby row and at the corner of Dorset st, the building then became the national wax museum for the longest time (mid 80s-mid 90s) and now a dreadfully bad hotel sits on the same location.

Cannot for the life of me remember the name of the cinema though..anyone else?

VirginPrune

My father was from Bailieboro and we lived in Terenure (early/mid seventies) so my first few cinema experiences were in the Bailieboro cinema on trips to see relatives. Obviously long gone but hard to believe small towns had their own cinemas back then. Later on I remember being told that the building was a total dump with no heat, damp seats etc but as a kid I saw none of this. Magical experience.

P. Breathnach

david75 wrote: »

I remember seeing E.T. in a cinema just off Parnell square up from granby row and at the corner of Dorset st, the building then became the national wax museum for the longest time (mid 80s-mid 90s) and now a dreadfully bad hotel sits on the same location.

Cannot for the life of me remember the name of the cinema though..anyone else?

I think it was the Plaza Cinerama.

Dublinwon

P. Breathnach wrote: »

I think it was the Plaza Cinerama.

I think so, I remember seeing e.t. in the adelphi , queued for miles down the streets , so worth it though, good ole days

Victor

VirginPrune wrote: »

Obviously long gone but hard to believe small towns had their own cinemas back then.

Realise that practically nobody would have had television and there was little choice on the radio - even at that, the radio would take a break during the day.

Capt'n Midnight

Victor wrote: »

Realise that practically nobody would have had television and there was little choice on the radio - even at that, the radio would take a break during the day.

And RTE didn't start till the afternoon and the only childrens program was Wangerly Wagon

Oletimer

kendray

Just come across this thread as I am writing a letter to a friend, in Dublin.

Was the name of the cinema in O'Connell Street c 1967-69 the Capitol, I think, located opposite what I recall, Aer Lingus offices, or was it the Savoy?

Oletimer

Correction, I have found out it may have been called the Carlton and recognise it from old images.

Victor

Oletimer wrote: »

kendray

Just come across this thread as I am writing a letter to a friend, in Dublin.

Was the name of the cinema in O'Connell Street c 1967-69 the Capitol, I think, located opposite what I recall, Aer Lingus offices, or was it the Savoy?

The Ambassador (now mostly used for exhibitions) is approximately opposite where the Aer Lingus offices were (which were in the Royal Dublin Hotel building).
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/293027975#map=18/53.35220/-6.26191
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/293027975#map=19/53.35192/-6.26201

This is the Sayoy. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/292900331#map=18/53.35112/-6.26058

Opposite the Sayoy is / was the Carlton https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/330610658#map=18/53.35103/-6.26062

The Capitol and the Metropole were where Penneys is now. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/301007195#map=19/53.34863/-6.26069
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Dublin/CapitolTheatreDublin.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Theatre,_Dublin

Oletimer

Victor
I lived in Dublin, in Harold's Cross c1968-mid 69, and have been trying to do a catch-up on my life in Dublin then for a few months now..
This boards.ie forum is by far streets ahead of any Google searches. 2nd time it has led me to a successful search for my past in Dublin such a long time ago.
Having looked at your links, and following the map, your post has confirmed, that it was indeed the Savoy I used to frequent in the days of no mobile phones, digital media or the Net. Thank you for your excellent reply.

Victor

Useful link http://www.dailyedge.ie/old-cinemas-dublin-1348393-Mar2014/ - the content is drawn from a book.

Oletimer

Thanks, Victor. Came across that before I landed here.

L1011

The Carlton was beside, roughly, the Aer Lingus offices and as its still standing (mostly) you should be able to tell somewhat if that is what you were thinking of.

The Aer Lingus offices were on the ground floor of the Royal Dublin Hotel which is now the empty hole in the ground beside the AIB.

Oletimer

@L1011
Fantastic post. Now you have truly updated my faded memories. It definitely was the huge cinema---am I right, I think called The Savoy,---- opposite those Aer Lingus offices where I used to go to confirm or book tickets to London.

L1011

The Savoy is still there and still open but it has unfortunately split the huge screen only in the past few months.

Oletimer

Yeah, I remember that huge screen as we sat at the rear and how everybody stood up for the Irish National Anthem. Not sure if  it was at the start or the end. Do they still play it at cinemas these days?

Victor

Oletimer wrote: »

Not sure if  it was at the start or the end.

Usually the end for films, but the start of sports events. Occasionally to encourage drinkers to recognise the pub is closing.

Do they still play it at cinemas these days?

I last heard it played in the cinema more than 10 years ago and it might have been 5 years before that that I heard it previously.

Oletimer

Great add-on info for my diary notes about those halcyon days. Thanks.

whisky_galore

Rathkeale's old cinema, unusually for a rural Irish town, in Art Deco style.

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dBIwwlOfWT8/WMKoBFpGZJI/AAAAAAADZUA/XvqCqAOcZnccDccQ3OjiZHae2UFEUVHfwCLcB/s1600/Central%2BCinema%252C%2BPatrick%2BComerford%252C%2B2017.JPG