IMC Omagh 9
Gillygooley Road,
Omagh,
BT78 5PN
Gillygooley Road,
Omagh,
BT78 5PN
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Former owner Phil Richardson died in March this year aged 90. More here: https://www.tyronecon.co.uk/news/2023/03/23/gallery/cinema-pioneer-who-brought-big-titles-to-local-screens-laid-to-rest-41682/
Video of the abandoned cinema at the following link: https://www.thesun.ie/money/10310055/abandoned-omagh-cinema-fully-fitted-popcorn-property-tiktok/#:~:text=MOST%20READ%20IN%20THE%20IRISH%20SUN&text=It%27s%20clear%20the%20cinema%20shut,scattered%20around%20the%20snack%20stand
The cinema closed in April 2022. No official statement was made by IMC at the time but in reply to a tweet (29 April) the company said ‘it was closed for the foreseeable future’. The cinema is now on the market and still ‘fitted out for immediate use’. The commercial estate agent Osborne King states that ‘The front building is of modern construction with older original commercial buildings to the rear.’ The sale brochure also says that the buildings and car park run to 17,039sq.ft. (Source BelfastLive.Co.UK, 25 May 2022)
The cinema opened on 20 October 1975 and was later reported to be the province’s first multi-screen cinema. Each screen had a different colour and the even numbers were no smoking at the time.
In December 2015 the Multiscreen Studios were acquired by IMC and renamed accordingly.
By September 2014 – see my photograph – the cinema had seven screens. According to its website, the largest (“Studio 1”) has 305 seats, while the smallest (“Screen 7”) has 145. All have Dolby sound systems.