Murphy’s Town Hall Athenry 62 3rd January 1962 – ‘New Year Hop’ with music from the Pavilion Show Band (source: Hall Journal, Hall Cinema promo card, see also Connacht Tribune 31st December 1961, page 11). 4th January 1962 – Laurel & Hardy in Flying Deuces (1939) was shown in the Hall at 8.45 pm. The Matinee screening was at 3 pm (source: Hall Journal, Hall Cinema promo card, see also Connacht Tribune 31st December 1961, page 11). 5th January 1962 –The Mouse That Roared, a 1959 Comedy starring Peter Sellers was screened in the Hall at 8.45 pm (source: Hall Journal, Hall Cinema promo card, see also Connacht Tribune 31st December 1961, page 11). 6th January 1962 – Jailbirds (aka Pardon Us), a 1931 Comedy starring Laurel & Hardy was screened in the Hall along with the 1961 Football Final (source: Hall Journal, Hall Cinema promo card, see also Connacht Tribune 31st December 1961, page 11). 10th January 1962 – Six-Five Special, a 1958 spin off film from the BBC show of the same name, featuring Lonnie Donegan, Petula Clark and Pete Murray, was screened in the Hall along with Laurel & Hardy in Sons of the Desert (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 6th January 1962, page 13). 28th January 1962 – Dance with music from the Brose Walsh Showband (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 27th January 1962, page 15). 9th February 1962 – Fire Down Below, a 1957 movie starring Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth and Jack Lemmon was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 3rd February 1962, page 15). 21st February 1962 – Dance with music from The Premier Aces Showband (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 17th February 1962, page 15). 25th February 1962 – Dance with music from The Teevetones Showband (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 24th February 1962, page 15). 2nd March 1962 – Who Was That Lady, a 1960 comedy starring Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Dean Martin (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 24th February 1962, page 15). 28th & 29th March 1962 – Athenry Players performed The Black Stranger, a play in Three Acts by Gerard Healy (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 24th March 1962, page 14). 4th April 1962 – Castlelambert Players performed A Damsel from Dublin, a Four Act play by T King Moylan, plus a Variety Concert (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 31st March 1962, page 16). 22nd April 1962 – Dance with music by the Carolina Orchestra and Showband (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 21st April 1962, page 15). 1st May 1962 – Road to Bali, a 1952 comedy starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 28th April 1962, page 15). 112 8th May 1962 – Village of the Damned, a 1960 horror movie starring George Sanders was screened in the Hall at 8.45pm (source: Hall Journal, a Ron Harris letter dated 16th February 1962, see also Connacht Tribune 5th May 1962, page 15). 19th June 1962 – The Time Machine, a 1960 Sci-Fi movie starring Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, and Alan Young was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, a Ron Harris letter dated 16th Feb 1962, see also Connacht Tribune 5th June 1962, page 15). The film was based on the HG Wells’ 1895 novella of the same name. 22nd July 1962 – Sword of Sherwood Forest, a 1960 Robin Hood movie, starring Richard Greene and Peter Cushing was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 21st July 1962, page 15). 111 Every Tuesday 112 Road To Bali had previously been screened on 24th May 1955
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