Olympia Theatre (Dublin, Ireland) : 1879)

Dublin's Olympia Theatre was built in 1855 on the site of a former saloon and music hall originally called Connell's Monster Saloon. Original owner Dan Lowery opened the theater for the first time in December 1879 as Dan Lowrey's Star of Erin Music Hall. Lowrey had been very successful in the UK, where he ran a number of venues in the burgeoning business of Music Hall Theatre. The theater was subsequently re-branded as “Dan Lowrey’s Music Hall” in 1881, and again re-branded as “Dan Lowrey’s Palace of Varieties” in 1889. It was renamed “The Empire Palace” in 1897 after undergoing a series of refurbishments. In 1923, the venue had yet another reinvention, this time emerging as the Olympia Theatre, presenting drama, opera, ballet, as well as films, oratorio, and pantomime.