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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref GAT001 as a Publican's Licence (ordinary) - Theatre for TOWN HALL THEATRE at COURTHOUSE SQUARE, GALWAY in CO. GALWAY with GALWAY CITY COUNCIL as licensee.[1]
The Irish Times reported that Galway's nineteenth-century town hall was officially opened as a municipal theatre in February 1996 after restoration to a neo-classical appearance.[2]
The same report said the opening was performed by the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Michael D. Higgins, and the Mayor of Galway, Micheal O hUiginn.[2]
The Irish Times reported that Druid staged The Beauty Queen of Leenane for the opening, and that the theatre was part of a Courthouse Square development that included restoration of the courthouse opposite.[2]
The report said the town hall went up about 15 years after the 1815 courthouse, had more recently been a cinema, and had fallen into disrepair before restoration.[2]
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