Cork Opera House (Cork, Ireland : 1855)

Cork Opera House was originally built in the 1850s in Cork, Ireland to designs by architect John Benson. Opened in 1855, the building was originally called The Athenaeum, and was renamed The Munster Hall in 1875. It was renamed as the Opera House after extensive reconstruction in 1877. The original building was destroyed by fire in 1955, and a replacement officially opened in October 1965 by then President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera. With a number of additions in the early twenty-first-century, the 1000-seat venue hosted over 100 both indigenous and international theater, music, opera, and comedy events in 2015.