Dunamaise Arts Centre
Appearance
Amharclann Dhún Másc | |
Former names | Maryborough Gaol |
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Address | Church Street |
Location | Portlaoise,County Laois,Republic of Ireland |
Coordinates | 53°02′04″N7°18′00″W/ 53.0345113100419°N 7.299980844412765°W |
Public transit | Bus: Laois Shopping Centre stop (bus route 735) Rail:Portlaoise railway station |
Parking | City Park @ Church Street |
Owner | The Laois Arts Theatre CLG, t/a Dunamaise Arts Centre |
Capacity | 238 |
Construction | |
Opened | May 1999 |
Architect | Richard Harman |
Website | |
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Dunamaise Arts Centre(Irish:Amharclann Dhún Másc) is anarts and cultural centrelocated inPortlaoise,Ireland, opened in 1999.[1]
History
[edit]Maryborough Gaol was builtc. 1789in aNeoclassicalstyle. It is a seven-bay,two-storey building over a concealed basement with a three-bay centralbreakfront,built oflimestoneandPortland stone.[2]
It was renovated in the 1990s, and opened in 1999 as Dunamaise Arts Centre, named for the nearbyRock of Dunamase,a medieval fortress.[3]
Facilities
[edit]The theatre has 238 seats; it has aproscenium archand measures 12.8 m (42 ft) wide, 7.9 m (26 ft) deep and 7 m (23 ft) high.[4]There is also an exhibition gallery, restaurant and workshop spaces.[5]
References
[edit]- ^"Fake news in the Dunamaise Arts Centre".Laois Nationalist.13 October 2022.
- ^"Dunamaise Arts Centre, Church Street, MARYBOROUGH, Portlaoise, LAOIS".Buildings of Ireland.29 August 2008.
- ^"Box Office and Sales Manager, Dunamaise Arts Centre".The Journal of Music.
- ^"Dunamaise Arts Centre - Venues - Irish Theatre".irishtheatre.ie.
- ^"Dunamaise Art Centre | Things to Do Laois | Abbeyleix Manor".Abbeyleix Manor Hotel.