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DUBLIN OLYMPIA
THEATRE |
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DUBLIN OLYMPIA
THEATRE |
Our comedy heroes - Laurel and Hardy - came to Dublin twice.
They played TWO weeks at the Olympia Theatre - in 1952,
and stayed at the Gresham Hotel - on O'Connell
Street.
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| ROYAL
MARINE HOTEL Dun Laoghaire (working hotel - 2016) (With thanks to the Royal Marine Hotel) |
ROYAL
MARINE HOTEL Laurel and Hardy (1953) (from the Marriot Archives) |
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1953 Stan and Babe's stay at the Royal Marine Hotel,
in Dun Laoghaire, Southern Ireland, was considerably longer,
but their time spent at the Olympia
was
considerably shorter. Thirty three nights at the hotel in 1953, was rounded off by just a one-night performance at the theatre. Just why, is fully covered in the book. |
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| While staying at the Royal Marine Hotel,
Stan
and Ollie managed to get themselves invited to a wedding, where these two bridesmaids above had the thrill of their lives. |
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| Above
we see the
Boys handing over a cheque
to
Little Willie O'Reilly, who was the mascot for the local Polio Fund. |
To find out the full story of Laurel and
Hardy in DUBLIN,
buy a copy of the book via the LULU
link below:
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