1839 – Bethesda Chapel, Granby Row, Dublin
Architect: Frederick Darley / Batchelor & Hicks
Erected around 1839 as the Protestant Bethesda Chapel to replace an earlier one of around 1785.
1911 – Former Cinema, 72 Grafton Street, Dublin
Architect: Richard Orpen
Known originally as the Grafton Picture House, the cinema opened on Easter Monday, 11 April 1911,
1912 – Camden Picture House, Camden St., Dublin
Architect: Rudolph Maximilian Butler
A conversion of a former shop by architect Rudolph Maximilian Butler into a small cinema with 400 seats.
1912 – Former Phoenix Cinema, Ellis Quay, Dublin
Architect: Francis Bergin
Once every neighbourhood or major street had its own cinema, but many are sadly gone. The Phoenix lives on,
1913 – Former Cinema, No. 62 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin
Architect: A.V. O’Rourke
With its giant Ionic order, this former theatre (the Pillar Picture House) is now sadly in use as a fast food restaurant.
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,
1914 – Former Broadway Cinema, Manor Street, Dublin
Opened in 1914, the cinema sat 630 people and was originally known as the Manor Cinema. Later, it was known as the Palladium,
1914 – Phibsborough Picture House, North Circular Rd, Dublin
Architect: A.V. O’Rourke
Closed in 1953, to be demolished to allow a new cinema, the State Cinema to be constructed on the site.
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.
