Murphy’s Town Hall Athenry 18 28th April to 1st May 1932 – Hugh O’Neill Travelling Company performed 4 different plays on 4 successive nights (source: Hall Journal): Dawn The Prisoner of Zenda The Croppy Boy The White Sister 17th July 1932 – Our Boys Club Athenry performed a play called Will That Do Sir, by Frank Hynes of Cross Street, Athenry (source: Hall Journal). 15th August 1932 – the Hall hosted a Dance Class (source: Hall Journal). 21st August 1932 – Our Boys Club Athenry performed Will That Do Sir, by Frank Hynes of Cross Street, Athenry (source: Hall Journal). 4th September 1932 – the Hall hosted a Practice Dance (source: Hall Journal). 11th September 1932 – the Horse Show Committee held a Dance in the Hall (source: Hall Journal). 16th to 18th September 1932 – William L Dobell Travelling Company performed 3 plays in the Hall, across 3 successive nights (source: Hall Journal): For the Love of Mike The Thief My Wife’s Family, by Fred Duprez 9th October 1932 – Dick Murphy and J O’Flynn hosted a Cinderella Dance in the Hall (source: Hall Journal). 23rd October 1932 – the Hall hosted a Whist Drive & Dance run by P Houlihan, Athenry (source: Hall Journal). 25th October 1932 – a play called The Rale McCoy by MJJ McKeown was performed in the Hall, organised by J Keane of Kilnadeema, Loughrea (source: Hall Journal). 1st November 1932 – D Taylor & C Daly hosted a Whist Drive & Dance in the Hall (source: Hall Journal). 17th to 20th November 1932 – Messrs Carron Brothers Travelling Picture Company showed 4 movies in the Hall (source: Hall Journal): River’s End (1930), Western starring Charles Bickford and Evalyn Knapp Three Faces East, (1930) starring Constance Bennett and Erich von Stroheim The Aviator (1929), Comedy starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller On the Border (1930), starring RinTinTin (a dog), John B Litel, Armida & Philo McCullough 30th November 1932 – Connacht Tribune 26th November 1932, page 15, advertised the upcoming Athenry Coursing Club Dance in the Hall (confirmed by the Hall Journal): 35 12th to 18th December 1932 – Mark Wynne’s Travelling Repertory Company were booked in for 7 successive nights (source: Hall Journal, Mark Wynne’s Company had been in the Abbey Theatre earlier in 1932, see Irish Independent 16th April 1932 pg 8). 35 NB: We have this news cutting on file
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