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Why it’s important to treasure Ireland’s historic cinemas
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RTÉ
Movie Memories - exploring Ireland's love of cinema
In a 2017 report published by UNIC (the International Union of Cinemas), Ireland was recorded as having the highest number of cinema screens per one million people (in a survey of 36 countries) and an ever-growing sector of film fans prepared to put down their cash at the local multiplex.
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A penny for your memories.
Movie Memories were proud to be hosted by the wonderful Regal Cinema in a recent screening in conjunction with Youghal Credit Union, in aid of Cork Penny Dinners.
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Radio coverage from Youghal's CRY Fm
PODCAST: Artefact Arts Show: Mairéad Johnson talks with visitors at the Movie Memories Roadshow in Youghal. November 15, 2018.
PODCAST: Gwenda Young and Dan O’Connell directors and creators of Movie Memories. October 31, 2018
PODCAST: Michael Hussey talks with Will ahead of Movie Memories. November 8, 2018
The Irish Examiner
Reeling in the years: Film recalls golden age of rural cinemas
The Cosey, Broadway, The Arch — names that evoke recollections of bygone nights at the silver screen have been resurrected for a special documentary on cinema-going memories of movie fans in rural Cork towns, writes Joe Leogue
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Southern Star
Documentary on local cinemas brings back very special memories
MOVIE Memories, which premiered at the Fastnet Film Festival in Schull last weekend, is a new documentary that records the memories of cinemagoers who grew up in towns and villages throughout the county, including Ballinascarthy, Bantry, Clonakilty, Dunmanway and Skibbereen, writes Jackie Keogh.
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The Evening Echo
My mother went into labour at the cinema
MOVIES have always loomed large in Cobh-based Fionnghuala Smith’s life. She has such a close connection with one of her town’s former cinemas, The Arch, that her story features in a new film, M which will be screened at the tenth Fastnet Film Festival in Schull on May 25. Colette Sheridan
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The Irish Examiner
UCC researchers want to hear about people's movie memories
Did you see Mad Max in Macroom? Or Footloose in Fermoy? If so, a team of researchers from University College Cork want to hear your movie memories. Joe League
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