Updated / Wednesday, 17 Jun 2026 06:00 Patrick O'Donovan said he hopes the commemoration will honour the dead and the survivors in a meaningful way A state commemoration for the victims of the Dromcollogher cinema fire in Co Limerick will take place in September to mark the centenary of the disaster. On 5 September 1926, 48 people died when a candle ignited highly flammable nitrate film in an upstairs cinema in the town.