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Irish Multiplex Cinemas (or the IMC Cinema Group) is a cinema chain in Ireland. It operates cinemas throughout the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It was part of the Ward Anderson company until 2013, when it was split between IMC and Omniplex Cinema Group. [1] The typical cinema owned by IMC has between five and ten screens.
Cartoon Saloon is an Irish animation film, short film and television studio based in Kilkenny which provides film TV and short film services. The studio is best known for its animated feature films The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner and Wolfwalkers.
Prior to this time most Irish filmmaking consisted of newsreels. Olcott's first movie based in Ireland was The Lad from Old Ireland , produced by Kalem . His follow-up was Rory O'More , based on the events of the Irish Rebellions of 1641 and 1798, which earned the disapproval of both the British Home Office and the Irish Catholic Church.
A quote from an article "The Berkeley Pavilion" by Patsy Dempsey – Bishop George Berkeley (1685–1753) was one of the great philosophers of his time. He was born near Kilkenny and lived in Dysart Castle, Thomastown. Berkeley studied at Kilkenny College (now County Hall) from 1696–1700, where Jonathan Swift was a predecessor.
The Ambassador Cinema was in use, on and off, as a cinema from about 1910 to 1999, and is now a music venue at the top of O'Connell Street, Dublin. The first cinema in Ireland, the Volta , was opened at 45 Mary Street, Dublin, in 1909 by the novelist James Joyce .
The ten-day festival takes place each August in Kilkenny and is intended to be a showcase for Irish and international arts. [3]Around 50,000 people have attended previous festivals, with performances taking place on the streets as well as in indoor venues.
The Savoy is the most altered cinema in Dublin's history, [citation needed] and in 1969 the cinema was converted into a twin cinema. In 1975, the Savoy's restaurant was converted into a third screen, holding 200 seats, followed in 1979 by further sub-divisions, creating five screens in all. In 1988, the cinema was given its sixth screen.
The Kilkenny People is a local newspaper circulated in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Popular in Kilkenny City and County, it competes with the The Munster Express in the south of the county. The Kilkenny People is published on Wednesdays every week and is owned by Iconic Newspapers , which acquired Johnston Press 's titles in Ireland in 2014. [ 1 ]