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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=December 2021}} {{Use ~~Irish~~ Hiberno-English\|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox venue \| name = Aula Maxima Line 20: \| address = [[Maynooth University]] South Campus \| location = [[Maynooth]], [[County Kildare]], [[Republic of Ireland]] \| coordinates = {{coord\|53.~~380342~~3803\|-6.~~597875~~5979\|type:landmark\|display=inline,title}} \| type = [[Theatre]] \| genre = \| broke_ground = ~~Aula~~\| ~~Maxima~~built is ~~known~~ ~~for~~ ~~its~~ ~~historical~~ ~~importance,~~ ~~and~~ ~~famed~~ ~~for~~ ~~its~~ ~~many~~ ~~ghost~~ ~~stories~~ ~~and~~ ~~apparent~~ ~~ghostly~~ ~~sightings.~~ = 1893<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://sites.google.com/a/tcd.ie/maynooth-historical-south-campus/aula-maxima\|title=Aula Maxima - Maynooth Historical South Campus\|website=sites.google.com}}{{better source needed\|date=January 2023}}</ref>▼ ~~\| built = 1893~~ \| opened = \| renovated = 1940 and 1985 Line 55: \| publictransit = [[Maynooth railway station]] (1 km walk)<br />Maynooth University bus stop ([[Bus Éireann]] route 115) }} '''Aula Maxima''' ({{IPA-\|la\|ˈau̯la ˈmaksɪma}}), officially the '''McMahon Hall''', is a theatre building in [[Maynooth]], [[County Kildare]], [[Republic of Ireland\|Ireland]]. It was built in 1893.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nuim.ie/location/tour/south_06.shtml \|title=NUI Maynooth > Location & Transport > Visual Tour > South Campus Aula Maxima \|accessdate=2010-02-13 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720072843/http://www.nuim.ie/location/tour/south_06.shtml \|archivedate=2009-07-20 }}</ref><ref name="niah">{{cite web\|url=~~http~~https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/~~niah/~~buildings-search~~.jsp?type=record&county=kd&regno=~~/building/11803120/saint-patricks-college-collegeland-maynooth-kildare\|title=~~County~~Saint ~~Wexford~~Patrick's ~~Advanced~~College, ~~Search:~~Collegeland, ~~Buildings~~Maynooth, ofKildare ~~Ireland:~~\| publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage\|website=~~www.~~buildingsofireland.ie}}</ref> Aula Maxima comes from [[Latin]], meaning ''~~Great~~great ~~Hall~~hall''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stars21.com/translator/latin_to_english.html\|title=Latin to English Translation\|website=www.stars21.com}}</ref> The building is also known simply as "The Aula". It is situated on the ~~South~~south ~~Campus~~campus of [[Maynooth University]] and [[St Patrick's College, Maynooth]] and is the main theatre for the university, college and surrounding area. It also serves as the conferring hall of the university where the annual graduations take place. The Aula was also used as a ~~Cinema~~cinema for ~~the~~ students inof the ~~College~~college, with the [[Maynooth Students' Union]] screening films there. ▲Aula Maxima is known for its historical importance, and famed for its many ghost stories and apparent ghostly sightings.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://sites.google.com/a/tcd.ie/maynooth-historical-south-campus/aula-maxima\|title=Aula Maxima - Maynooth Historical South Campus\|website=sites.google.com}}</ref> ==History== ~~Right Rev. Mgr.~~Monsignor [[James McMahon (priest)\|James McMahon]] of the [[Catholic University\|Catholic University of America]] in [[Washington, DC]] originally gifted the ~~theatre~~building to St Patrick's College, his alma mater,<ref>[{{cite web\|url = http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd05205.htm \| title = New Catholic Dictionary: Maynooth College] ~~{{webarchive~~\| archiveurl ~~\|url~~= https://web.archive.org/web/20080512003834/http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd05205.htm \|~~date~~archivedate=12 May 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://archives.lib.cua.edu/findingaid/mcmahon.cfm\|title=Finding Aid to James McMahon Papers -- University Archives -- CUA\|website=archives.lib.cua.edu \| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120503070113/http://archives.lib.cua.edu/findingaid/mcmahon.cfm \| archivedate = 3 May 2012 }}</ref> and its construction was completed under the presidency of Bishop [[Robert Browne (bishop)\|Robert Browne]].{{citation needed\|date=August 2012}} The Aula Maxima, an exam hall, was completed between 1892 and 1893, and was renovated in the 1940s and again in the 1980s.<ref name="niah"/> ==Dramatic performances==▼ ~~Aula Maxima houses a projection box, which was in regular use for 40 years.{{fact\|date=December 2021}}~~ Maynooth University's Drama Society (also known as the Roscian Players) is the resident company of Aula Maxima.{{fact\|date=August 2024}} ~~Maynooth University's Drama Society (also known as~~ The ~~Roscian Players) is the resident company of Aula Maxima. A wide variety of their productions staged therein. It~~venue has also hosted performances by [[St Patrick's College, Maynooth\|St Patrick's College]]'s dramatic society, Maynooth University Chamber Orchestra<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://music.nuim.ie/musiccampus/universityorchestra\|title=Maynooth University Department of Music\|website=music.nuim.ie\|access-date=2 March 2010\|archive-date=6 February 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206111747/http://music.nuim.ie/musiccampus/universityorchestra\|url-status=dead}}</ref>~~{{dead}}~~ and Maynooth Community Players:<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.maynoothcommunityplayers.com/upcoming-events.php \|title=Maynooth Community Players \|access-date=2010-03-02 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626113952/http://www.maynoothcommunityplayers.com/upcoming-events.php \|archive-date=2010-06-26 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>▼ ▲==Dramatic performances== ▲Maynooth University's Drama Society (also known as The Roscian Players) is the resident company of Aula Maxima. A wide variety of their productions staged therein. It has also hosted performances by [[St Patrick's College, Maynooth\|St Patrick's College]]'s dramatic society, Maynooth University Chamber Orchestra<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://music.nuim.ie/musiccampus/universityorchestra\|title=Maynooth University Department of Music\|website=music.nuim.ie}}</ref>{{dead}} and Maynooth Community Players:<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.maynoothcommunityplayers.com/upcoming-events.php \|title=Maynooth Community Players \|access-date=2010-03-02 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626113952/http://www.maynoothcommunityplayers.com/upcoming-events.php \|archive-date=2010-06-26 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Folklore ~~and the Aula Ghost~~== There are numerous stories ~~detailing~~relating to the reputed presence of a ghost in Aula Maxima.{{citation needed\|date=January 2023}} Simply known as the Aula Ghost, he is reputed to be the spirit of a projectionist, ~~active~~who infell ~~Maynooth~~to his death from the projectionist's box in the 1940s.{{Citation ~~The~~needed\|date=July ~~projectionist~~2010}} ~~was~~A number of superstitions exist regarding the Aula Ghost, including one in which the ghost reputedly turns a ~~seminarian~~chair, ~~and~~placed ~~member~~near ofthe StAula ~~Patrick~~Maxima's ~~College~~projection ~~who fell~~box, to ~~his~~face ~~death~~away from the ~~projectionist's~~stage ~~box~~if inhe ~~Aula~~does ~~Maxima~~not like a performance or its staging.{{Citation needed\|date=July 2010}} Many superstitions exist regarding treatment of Aula Maxima and the Aula Ghost. One such superstition centres on the ghost's apparent turning of a chair placed over the projection box to face away from the stage if he does not like a performance, or the manner in which the staging of the performance was conducted.{{Citation needed\|date=July 2010}} ==See also== Line 89 ⟶ 86: [[Category:Maynooth University]] [[Category:Theatres in the Republic of Ireland]] [[Category:19th-century architecture in the Republic of Ireland]]