1936 – Leinster Cinema, Dolphins Barn, Dublin
Architect: Robinson & Keefe
Opened late 1936 and was designed to seat 1250 patrons. Opened by the Lord Mayor Alfie Byrne,
1955 – Former Stella Cinema, Mount Merrion, Dublin
Architect: Robert H. Dowling
A massive suburban cinema with 1000 seats when it opened in 1955. Closed in 1976 and used as a furniture store for forty-odd years before closing.
1917 – Grand Central Cinema, O’Connell Street, Dublin
Architect: Frederick W. Higginbotham
Constructed as a cinema after the destruction of the area in the 1916 Easter Rising.
1912 – Camden Picture House, Camden St., Dublin
Architect: Rudolph Maximilian Butler
A conversion of a former shop by architect Rudolf Maximilian Butler into a small cinema with 400 seats.
1913 – Princess Cinema, Rathmines, Dublin
Architect: George L. O’Connor
Suburban cinema with its main entrance fronted by a cast iron and glass porch flanked by two commercial units.
1914 – Bohemian Picture House, Phibsborough, Dublin
Architect: George L. O’Connor
According to the Irish Builder, the facade was “finished in red brick and chiselled limestone dressings,
1936 – Rialto Cinema, South Circular Road, Dublin
Architect: Frederick James Macaulay
Opened in November 1936 and closed in 1970. A large auditorium designed to seat 1600,
1920 – Capitol Theatre, Princes Street, Dublin
Architect: T.F. McNamara
The Capitol Theatre, located just off O’Connell Street, Dublin, began life on 10 August 1920 as the La Scala Theatre and Opera House.
1968 – Former Curzon Cinema, Abbey Street, Dublin
Architect: Henry J. Lyons & Partners
Opened as the Curzon Cinema, and later the Lighthouse, the entrance foyer to this cinema was distinctly modern.
1839 – Bethesda Chapel, Granby Row, Dublin
Architect: Frederick Darley
Erected around 1839 as the Protestant Bethesda Chapel to replace an earlier one of around 1785.
