Irish Multiplex Cinemas

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Irish Multiplex Cinemas
Company type Private limited company
Industry Cinema
Founded17 November 1970;54 years ago (1970-11-17) in Carlow, Ireland
OwnerWard family
Website imc.ie

Irish Multiplex Cinemas (or the IMC Cinema Group) is a cinema chain in Ireland. It operates cinemas throughout the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It was part of the Ward Anderson company until 2013, when it was split between IMC and Omniplex Cinema Group. [1]

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The typical cinema owned by IMC has between five and ten screens. The company owns 18 Cinemas altogether, with 15 in the Republic of Ireland and 3 in Northern Ireland, most recently buying MovieLAND in Newtownards, County Down after the passing of its owner, the cinema still used the MovieLAND branding until it was rebranded to IMC in 2023.

The company's flagship is the Savoy Cinema in O'Connell Street, Dublin, which is the oldest operational cinema in Dublin, and the preferred cinema in Ireland for film premières. It also owned the Screen Cinema in D'Olier Street, which showed more alternative films but closed down in 2015.

Each cinema has different offers with some being on specific days, looking at their website gives all details on offers. Offers include cinema ticket price reductions and concession deals.

Cinema locations

LocationNumber of screensOpening date
Athlone 6April 1998 [2] [3]
Ballina 6N/A
Ballymena 731 July 1998 [4]
Banbridge 5May 2004 [5]
Carlow 817 November 1970
Clonmel 52016
Savoy Cinema 729 November 1929 [6]

2005 (renovated)

Screen Cinema 3N/A
Dún Laoghaire 14N/A
Dundalk 71999 [7]
Enniskillen 714 April 2000 [8]
Galway 7 (initially when opened) 101993 [9]
Kilkenny 1217 August 1998 [10]
Mullingar 6December 2002 [11]
Newtownards, County Down 626 December 2018
Oranmore 61 April 2005
Santry 11N/A
Tallaght 1226 April 2012
Thurles 5January 2003
Tullamore 61996 [12]

References

  1. "Final cut: legal battle for Irish cinemas ends in a draw; Wards and Andersons divide a €30m empire". Sunday Independent. 27 January 2013.
  2. "Westmeath Independent - The movie man". Westmeath Independent. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  3. "IMC Athlone in Athlone, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. "IMC Ballymena in Ballymena, GB - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  5. "IMC Banbridge in Banbridge, GB - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  6. "Savoy Cinema in Dublin, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  7. "IMC Dundalk in Dundalk, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  8. "IMC Enniskillen in Enniskillen, GB - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  9. "IMC Galway in Galway, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  10. "IMC Kilkenny in Kilkenny, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  11. "IMC Mullingar in Mullingar, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  12. "IMC Tullamore in Tullamore, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.