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Photos of the hall
History of the hall
The Loughrea Town Hall was built in 1862 by the architect Samuel Usher Roberts under the patronage of Lord Clan Ricard. It was gifted to the town of Loughrea in the 1920s by a Lord of the Clan Ricard estate at a ceremony which took place in Portumna County Galway which was attended by Princess Anne. It was refurbished in 1931 for use as a cinema on the ground floor and a ballroom on the first floor. It remained in use until the late 1980s but has since been closed. It was sold to the Galway County Council at the beginning of the millennium by members of the Loughrea community for a price of 110,000 Euro. We believe the Town Hall building should be preserved and restored as a vibrant cultural and community space in the heart of Loughrea.
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