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Palace Nightclub

Dublin · Ireland  ·  Band rehearses above a snooker hall

The Commitments filmed at Palace Nightclub, Dublin. The band's rehearsal room was above this former 1912 movie palace turned snooker hall. Its arched ceiling survives in the nightclub. On screen it's Ricardo's Snooker Hall.

Palace Nightclub, Dublin
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Where to go

53.336084, -6.265472

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
The Commitments (1991)
On screen
Ricardo's Snooker Hall
In real life
Palace Nightclub, Dublin
Can you visit?
Open to the public, ticketed
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Palace Nightclub today

Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.

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Questions

Where exactly did The Commitments film at Palace Nightclub?
At 53.336084, -6.265472 in Dublin. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Palace Nightclub?
Open to the public, ticketed.
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