Ormonde Cinema
Main Street,
Midleton
Main Street,
Midleton
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A small cinema located in Midleton, East Cork. Originally opened prior to 1937. The proscenium was 30 feet wide.
It was a family owned concern and was later twinned. It closed circa 2005, possibly due to the nearby Gate Multiplex cinema opening.
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Editha Pearce
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This former cinema location should be listed as Midleton, not under Mildenton!
I suspect that the former Star and Southern Star cinema was at the other end of the town, not the the Ormonde location.
There were two cinemas in Midleton. The ‘Southern Star’ was a silent cinema. It closed when the owner was killed by a lion in Africa, according to local gossip. (This is Ireland don’t forget!) It was still standing the last time I visited. It had become an auction room and it was at the Cork end of the Main Street. I remember that the projection portholes were still in evidence years after closure. It later was converted to a furniture store and evidence of its cinematic former self was lost.
The Ormond was according to local gossip owned by Conny Carey. It was built for “the Talkies”. It had a single tier with a shallow rake. The cinema was on a side street and the box office was situated on the pavement between the entrance doors. It was latterly operated by the |Green family. They partitioned-off the end with the splay walls and divided the auditorium into two narrow mini cinemas. The exterior from the back the cinema looked like a Dutch barn with a curved roof of corrugated concrete panels.