- Address
- Main Street, Rathkeale
- Type
- Cinema
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21831012
Central Cinema
Main Street, Rathkeale
About Central Cinema
Central Cinema is one of 33 buildings in Rathkeale the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Central Cinema to 1945–1950. 25 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This cinema is a typical example of twentieth-century cinema architecture in Ireland with a stylish façade influenced by the Art Deco movement disguising a wholly utilitarian auditorium. The cinema closed in 1974 and, although showing signs of neglect, it remains a striking landmark in Main Street.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21831012 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 21831012↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Rathkeale · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Central CinemaStart here
- 2Bank of IrelandRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Saint Anne's ConventRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4
Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on - 5Irish Palatine Heritage CentreRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
8 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded buildings around Rathkeale
Start with Adare Castle in Adare, 12 km away. 2 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. “Prison, Crosbie Row, Limerick” in Corbally and King's Island is the farthest, at 27 km.
Questions about Central Cinema
Is Central Cinema on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21831012).
Can you visit Central Cinema?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Central Cinema built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1945–1950.
Is Central Cinema protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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