The Irish Music Hall of Fame was a multimedia exhibition in Dublin, Ireland which operated between 1999 and 2001.[1][2] Associated with the Hot Press music magazine,[3] the commercially-operated museum contained memorabilia from a number of Irish musicians including Van Morrison,[4] U2,[5] Sinéad O'Connor,[4] Rory Gallagher,[5] Bob Geldof[5] and The Cranberries.[4]

First opened in 1999, the museum closed in late 2001 with losses estimated at approximately €1.5 million.[6][7] Material from the museum later formed part of a touring exhibition until 2005, with some memorabilia also used in the "Irish Rock 'n' Roll Museum Experience" in Temple Bar which opened in 2015.[3]

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  1. ↑ "RTÉ Archives - Irish Music Hall of Fame (1999)". rte.ie. RTÉ. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Editor of Hot Press reaches settlement over failed museum". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 17 October 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Why we need an Irish popular music centre". rte.ie. RTÉ. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Van Morrison First Irish Music Hall Of Famer". mtv.com. 9 March 1999. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Cheques and drugs and rock 'n' roll". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 8 May 1999. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Hot Press editor in legal row over Hall of Fame losses". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2020. Mr Desmond took over the running of the premises in March 2001, but the Hall of Fame ceased trading in September of that year
  7. ↑ "Pop goes another music museum". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020. Back in the late 1990s, the Hot Press Hall of Fame [opened] on Dublin's Middle Abbey Street in the building which now houses The Academy venue. That venture did not go too well and the museum closed down two years later, leading to court cases between the operators and losses estimated at €1.5 million

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