[1] Through "Belltable:Connect" it aims to support the professional development of theatre artists.

The facility opened in 1981 in what was previously known as The Coliseum and the Redemptorist Confraternity Hall.

It was named after Henry Hubert Belltable, a Belgian army officer who founded the Holy Confraternity in Limerick.

[citation needed] In February 2013 it was announced that the company behind the Belltable had gone into liquidation.

[3] Since 2013 it has been a regular screening venue for the Richard Harris International Film Festival.