The Royal is organising 4 weekends of feature films and talks over the course of the year at 69 O'Connell Street (formerly the Belltable). Our aim is to bring the best of international and national cinema to the centre of Limerick. We will also be promoting local filmmakers through our shorts programme. So if you've got shorts, get in contact! The Royal is also delighted to be be working with Lime
rick Avante Garde Cinema to deliver the best in short and long form experimental cinema, that you won't see anywhere else. Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB) plans to redevelop the Athenaeum Hall/ Royal Cinema on Upper Cecil Street as a modern digital centre with a four screen cinema, media training facilities and a café/bar. The conversion of the the Athenaeum into a multi-purpose entertainment, cultural and learning centre will resonate with the proud history of this iconic building. the new Royal will meet Limerick City & County Council's planned development of the Georgian Quarter as a Centre of Culture. The Athenaeum has a prime place in Limerick hearts. As Limerick's first 'University', it resounded to the voices of Pearse and Parnell, Percy French and Count John Mc Cormack. Later, as the Royal Cinema, the images of Chaplin, Hepburn and Bogart flickered across its silver screen. And, in its incarnation as a venue, it played host to The Cranberries and Billy Connolly.
