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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 Carlton Cinema is a former cinema, located on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland opposite the Savoy Cinema. The cinema opened on 16 April 1938 [ 1 ] with the first film, The Awful Truth . [ 2 ]
O'Connell Upper (Irish: Ó Conaill Uachtarach) is a stop on the Luas light-rail tram system in Dublin, Ireland. It opened in 2017 as a stop on Luas Cross City, an extension of the Green Line through the city centre from St. Stephen's Green to Broombridge. [1] It is located on O'Connell Street, and provides access to the Savoy Cinema
The company's flagship is the Savoy Cinema in O'Connell Street, Dublin, which is the oldest operational cinema in Dublin, and the preferred cinema in Ireland for film premières. It also owned the Screen Cinema in D'Olier Street, which showed more alternative films but closed down in 2015.
Originally a single screen cinema, the auditorium was subdivided in 1982 to create two additional auditoria. The new screens were suspended from the ceiling, meaning the main screen was not reduced. In 1984, it was renamed the Screen Cinema, which became the sister cinema to the more well known Savoy Cinema on O'Connell Street. After this, the ...
O'Connell Street: 1956: Gabriel Hayes Mr. Screen: Lobby of Savoy Cinema, O'Connell Street: 1988: Vincent Browne: Previously on Hawkins Street, outside the Screen Cinema from 1988–2016. Paweł Strzelecki: Sackville Place: 2015: The Joyce Trail O'Connell Street (and 13 other locations) 1988: Robin Buick [4]
The Cineworld cinema on Parnell Street is the largest cinema in Ireland with seventeen screens, while the Savoy, located on O'Connell Street and operated by IMC, is one of Ireland's oldest cinemas.
The street has been pedestrianised between O'Connell Street and Henry Street and the south facing end of the street has been completely redeveloped into a new modern shopping street. The street was also the location of the 1,000 seater Savoy Theatre until 1989, when it was demolished to make way for a new cinema complex.