Irish Multiplex Cinemas

Irish Multiplex Cinemas
Private limited company
Industry Cinema
Founded December 21, 1996 (1996-12-21) in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
Owner Ward family
Website imccinemas.ie

Irish Multiplex Cinemas (or the IMC Cinema Group) is a cinema chain in Ireland. It operates cinemas throughout 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]

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 Ernie (as everyone called him). Since purchasing Movieland the Imc group has invested to renovate all but one screen and built a new shop area while also "sucking the life and soul" out of the once beloved Movieland cinema as many customers have stated.

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 2016.

IMC have put great effort into their cinemas, always trying to bring the best movie experience to its customers in the Republic of Ireland but the same efforts for some reason do not carry on into Northern Ireland.

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

Location Number of screens Opening date
Athlone

Movieland

 6 April 1998[2][3]2018
Ballina 6 N/A
Ballymena7 July 31, 1998[4]
Banbridge5 May 2004[5]
Carlow8 2009[6]
Clonmel 5 N/A
Savoy Cinema7 November 29, 1929[7]

2005 (renovated)

Screen Cinema3 N/A
Dún Laoghaire14 N/A
Dundalk7 1999[8]
Enniskillen7 April 14, 2000[9]
Galway7 (initially when opened)

10

 1993[10]
Kilkenny4 August 17, 1998[11]
Mullingar6 December 2002[12]
Omagh7 October 20, 1975[13]
Oranmore6 1st April, 2005
Santry11 N/A
Tallaght12 N/A
Thurles5 N/A
Tullamore6 1996[14]

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. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  3. ↑ "IMC Athlone in Athlone, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  4. ↑ "IMC Ballymena in Ballymena, GB - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  5. ↑ "IMC Banbridge in Banbridge, GB - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  6. ↑ "IMC Carlow in Carlow, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  7. ↑ "Savoy Cinema in Dublin, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  8. ↑ "IMC Dundalk in Dundalk, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  9. ↑ "IMC Enniskillen in Enniskillen, GB - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  10. ↑ "IMC Galway in Galway, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  11. ↑ "IMC Kilkenny in Kilkenny, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  12. ↑ "IMC Mullingar in Mullingar, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  13. ↑ "IMC Omagh in Omagh, GB - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  14. ↑ "IMC Tullamore in Tullamore, IE - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
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