Savoy 2 Cinema
25 Merchant's Quay,
Newry,
BT35 6AH
25 Merchant's Quay,
Newry,
BT35 6AH
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Previously operated by: Irish Cinemas Ltd.
Functions: Bar, Restaurant
Previous Names: Savoy Cinema, Savoy 1 & 2
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In Newry, County Down, the Savoy Cinema was built on the site of Walker’s Mill which had been destroyed by fire in late 1925. It is listed in the 1934 Kine Year Book as being operated by Derek Finney and J. U. Finney. It had 750 seats. By the 1953 edition the operator was shown as The Savoy (Newry) Ltd. and the seating capacity had risen slightly (or more accurately!)to 755. Films were booked by Irish Cinemas Ltd. in Belfast.
By 1985 the British Film Institute Handbook was listing the cinema as the Savoy 2, with two screens, seating 197 and 148. By the 1988-89 edition the second screen had reduced to 58 seats. It is not known when the Savoy 2 Cinema closed, but it was open during my visit in November 1998. Quite possibly it closed around the time the 9-screen Omniplex opened, in June 1999. It is used as Bellini’s bar & restaurant.
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David Simpson
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Site is now Bellini’s Bar and Restaurant. Worth mentioning that the cinema was bombed in 1953 having shown a film about the Coronation.
According to the Newry Democrat the Savoy was built on the site of Walker’s Mill which was destroyed by fire at the end of 1925.