Leinster Hall The Leinster Hall was a Dublin music or concert hall built on the site of the second Theatre Royal after the Royal was destroyed in the fire of 1880 . The hall opened in November 1886 . One of the most notable performers to appear there was Dame Nellie Melba , who gave two concerts in the hall in 1893 . The Leinster Hall closed in 1895 and was redesigned and reopened as the third Theatre Royal the following year . Reference Ryan , Philip B. The Lost Theatres of Dublin . ( The Badger Press , 1998 ) ISBN 0-9526076-1-1 Categories : Theatres in the Republic of Ireland 