Appeal to revive historic Savoy Cinema organ

AN appeal went out yesterday for a combined Cork/Limerick effort to revive a major part of Cork’s entertainment heritage on the banks of the Shannon.

The huge organ which stood in the Savoy Cinema on Cork’s Patrick Street is now reposing in full grandeur in the University of Limerick Concert Hall, ready to take centre stage again at music events.

But since it was reconstructed in the UL Concert Hall some years ago it has remained mostly unused and is now unplayable and requires a huge overhaul.