The Stella Cinema Mount Merrion (aka Flanagan's of Mount Merrion) - a tour...

The Stella Cinema Mount Merrion opened in 1955 as a sister cinema to the Stella in Rathmines. The original capacity was 1000 seats. The cinema closed in 1976 and subsequently opened as Flanagan's of Mount Merrion (a landmark furniture store). Flanagan's occupied the building until they closed circa 2011. The building lay empty until Flanagan's moved back in circa 2016. The building was vacated in 2018 and demolished in February 2019.
00:24 PART ONE
00:28 Foyer
01:27 Upper Level
02:27 Middle Level
03:28 Remains of Original Seating 1
04:26 Remains of Original Seating 2
05:21 Upper Bathroom 1 (East)
06:42 Upper Bathroom 2 (West)
08:12 PART TWO
08:34 Room
08:48 West Stairwell (Pink)
09:34 The Projector Room (First Apartment)
11:39 First Apartment - Hell's Kitchen
13:02 East Stairwell (Green)
14:40 PART THREE
14:45 Lower Level
15:58 Utility Area (with Italia '90 graffiti)
17:52 Furniture Loading Area
19:17 Second Apartment Hidden at Back
22:52 Utility room with old bike etc
25:08 PART FOUR
25:38 Middle Level Bathroom (West)
26:11 Passage Across The Cinema
26:59 Middle Level Bathroom (East)
27:08 Area Underneath The Upper Floor
28:07 The Best Bit
28:29 PART FIVE
28:29 Front Office Area
29:31 Cool Safe
30:14 PART SIX
30:21 Storefront Shop
30:56 EXTERIOR SHOTS
31:00 Winter
32:03 Spring
34:56 EPILOGUE
HISTORICAL PHOTOS & INFO
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[@monkstownjohn]

Welcome back. I always enjoy your work. I look forward to seeing more from you. Thank you for such great videos, this one especially.

[@Cuclean]

Great to see you uploading again. This one almost felt like a horror film with all the pigeons!

[@thebettyfordclinic]

Thanks! Yes - this was nothing but pigeons coming out of nowhere and flying right beside my head.

[@JamieMahon-z2s]

@@thebettyfordclinic why don’t you not post any more

[@voxveritas26]

Sorry to say it has been demolished as of today... why was it not preserved?

[@garymurphy1921]

Very happy to see you uploading, long time fan. Where have ya been though!

[@bonnieboy190]

The Stella was our local cinema and I remember they closed the downstairs - we thought it was a cost cutting exercise. One Saturday we waited until the staff closed the ticket/shop and went upstairs to keep an eye on things. We then bunked in downstairs and watched the movie. It wasn't until a few weeks later we heard they had a rat infestation downstairs. Still to this day I could've sworn I felt something running across my shoes! Conor (formally of North Ave)