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MAIN STREET, BORRIS, Carlow

AddressMAIN STREET, BORRIS
CountyCarlow
Licence refKKP1012

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Boards.ie memory links The Step House Hotel with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and local colour. PubHub V1 treats this as published forum memory: not a settled fact, but a linked record of what people said, remembered, joked about, or claimed online.

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91 source leads · 1998-2020

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Memory archive

Archive time depth

1998-2020

22 years of archive-metadata distance across 89 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

19981999200020012003200420052006
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Stories and local colour

Gossip, odd details and pub atmosphere

The Boards.ie trail has story-shaped signals for this pub: odd details, gossip, atmosphere, nights out or local colour that may be useful leads for a fuller memory page.

Source-linked story leads

  1. Aherlow House Hotel officially closed

    2013 · memory, story

  2. Is 200 enough of a wedding present from a couple?

    2010 · memory, story

  3. Wedding Venues

    2008 · story

  4. The Kindness of Strangers

    2005 · memory, story

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Boards.ie produces 91 readable matches for The Step House Hotel, but the name or hit pattern is broad enough that PubHub should treat this as a source-mining queue before writing stronger lore. The links still preserve useful public memory leads.

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Characters and room texture

The character lane has 16 signals for The Step House Hotel: regulars, staff-memory, crowds, habits, or the social feel of the room. PubHub keeps this as labelled forum memory and uses source review before turning any named-person fragment into stronger copy.

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Archive time depth

The Step House Hotel has 89 dated source leads from 1998 to 2020, giving the page a 22-year archive trail. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.

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Source trail

PubHub has 91 unique Boards.ie source URLs tied to this pub-memory record. Each public lead stays linked so corrections can point to the exact forum source.

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Best Boards.ie memory leads

The Step House Hotel has 91 readable Boards.ie memory signals around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and local colour. The strongest current lead points into "Aherlow House Hotel officially closed"; PubHub should keep it labelled as forum memory, then use corrections and source review to turn the best fragments into fuller local stories. The character lane is especially useful here, with 16 regulars-or-room-texture signals.

Story, gossip and history leads

  1. Aherlow House Hotel officially closed

    2013 · memory, story · lead score 151

  2. Is 200 enough of a wedding present from a couple?

    2010 · memory, story · lead score 135

  3. Wedding Venues

    2008 · story · lead score 129

  4. The Kindness of Strangers

    2005 · memory, story · lead score 127

  5. Landlord -ridiculous word...

    2011 · characters · lead score 127

Characters and room texture

  1. Landlord -ridiculous word...

    2011 · characters · lead score 127

  2. Protest in Ballina to prevent traveller family moving in

    2001 · characters, story · lead score 127

  3. Social housing

    2010 · characters · lead score 120

  4. Social housing

    2010 · characters · lead score 120

  5. Bar Extension

    2004 · memory · lead score 120

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Archive profile

A wide Boards.ie forum trail

The Step House Hotel has 91 readable Boards.ie memory matches around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and local colour. PubHub V1 publishes this as forum memory: what people said online, connected back to source posts where possible.

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Old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and local colour

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Old memories

Boards.ie memory links this pub with older recollections, changed habits, former routines, or remembered visits.

Stories and gossip

Boards.ie memory links this pub with story-shaped talk, gossip, rumours, and local claims worth surfacing as forum memory.

Regulars and characters

Boards.ie memory links this pub with regulars, bar characters, staff roles, or social texture around the room.

Rituals and customs

Boards.ie memory links this pub with repeated habits, late bars, quiz nights, lock-ins, sessions, or house routines.

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Where this memory trace comes from

These are linked Boards.ie leads from pre-2026 discussion. PubHub V1 shows the linked trail as forum memory and uses the correction path for bad matches, missing context, or pages that need checking.

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  2. 2
    House for life for 55 euro a week.

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  3. 3
    Is 200 enough of a wedding present from a couple?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  4. 4
  5. 5
    Do some buildings have a history that is just too horrific?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  6. 6
    Birthday Ideas Help please!

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  7. 7
    Giving your boss a bollicking

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  8. 8
    What's the weirdest dream you have ever had?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  9. 9
    Protest in Ballina to prevent traveller family moving in

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  10. 10
    Strange thing happened to a souvenir after my flight

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  11. 11
    Going out or staying in this Christmas and New Years Eve?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  12. 12
    Woman doesn't bother paying her rent... wins a court settlement

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  13. 13
    Claim to Lame

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  14. 14
    Three Presale ,crap seats

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  15. 15
    What will/did you pay for for bridal party

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  16. 16
    Borris House Carlow?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 87

  17. 17
    Non-Alcoholic Wedding?

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  18. 18
    Wedding loans

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  19. 19
    Where did/will you Honeymoon and why there?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  20. 20
    groomsman not giving wedding present?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  21. 21
    Laptop instead of DJ ?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  22. 22
  23. 23
    SalthillAirshow is no more

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  24. 24
    How would you go about blagging a hotel stay?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  25. 25
    I met a homeless Mother on the street

    2019Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  26. 26
    Closure of Grafton College

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  27. 27
    Closure of Grafton College

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  28. 28
    Hail To The Chief (Read Mod Warning In OP)

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  29. 29
    Begging with a child

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  30. 30
  31. 31
    Head of the IMF arrested on sexual assault charges.

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  32. 32
    Head of the IMF arrested on sexual assault charges.

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  33. 33
    Landlord -ridiculous word...

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  34. 34
    Trapped in the ladies

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  35. 35
    What's this location?

    2000Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  36. 36
    Friday 17th DEC LUKE SLATER+support+after party till 6am

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  37. 37
    Weird question about water (maybe)

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  38. 38
    Weird question about water (maybe)

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  39. 39
    Interesting Facts About County Clare (or it's People)

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  40. 40
    Weddings - a terrible day out.

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  41. 41
    Parents paying/contributing to daughters wedding??

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  42. 42
    How much wine to you drink?

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  43. 43
    Modular houses offered as solution to homeless crisis

    1998Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  44. 44
    Awkward situations

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  45. 45
    Queueing up to buy houses and house expos during the boom

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  46. 46
    Ikea's Third World outsourcing adventure -- in the U.S

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  47. 47
    Most degrading thing you've done for cash.

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  48. 48
    Are you fully over a specfic ex?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  49. 49
    Tea or coffee sir/madam?

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  50. 50
    Tea or coffee sir/madam?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  51. 51
    Human traffic style clubs.

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  52. 52
    Stone Roses 2016 - The Fourth Coming

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  53. 53
    Pawning off costs on guests

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  54. 54
    Looking for relaxed wedding venue!!

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  55. 55
    Kids at Weddings - how to avoid?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  56. 56
    Irish-Polish Wedding

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  57. 57
    Civil ceremony vs Church ceremony - guilt trips and all [LONG]

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  58. 58
    Dream / fairytale wedding venues

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 82

  59. 59
    Invitations and asking for cash presents

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  60. 60
    G Hotel closing?

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  61. 61
    G Hotel closing?

    1999Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  62. 62
    Restaurant Recommendations

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  63. 63
    Old boats

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  64. 64
    Old boats

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  65. 65
    Patrick Quirke -Guilty

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  66. 66
    Family of seven sleep in Garda station Mod note post one

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  67. 67
    If You Won The Lottery

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  68. 68
    The Kindness of Strangers

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  69. 69
    Loftus Hall

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  70. 70
    Hotel lovers - do you know what you sleep on?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  71. 71
    24 Hour pubs and clubs

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  72. 72
    24 Hour pubs and clubs

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  73. 73
    How messed up is this? Warning may cause offence

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  74. 74
    Johnstown house hotel

    2020Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  75. 75
    Venue recommendations?

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  76. 76
    Two-day weddings

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  77. 77
    No Frills

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  78. 78
    Aherlow House Hotel officially closed

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  79. 79
    Slightly different wedding

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  80. 80
    Slightly different wedding

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  81. 81
    ballymagarvey village??? any reviews???

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  82. 82
    Dvd Music

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  83. 83
    Trim Castle or Knightsbrook Hotel??

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  84. 84
    Wedding Venues

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  85. 85
    Bar Extension

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  86. 86
    Shops/Businesses opening/closing down

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  87. 87
    Social housing

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  88. 88
    Social housing

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  89. 89
    Fancy Dress?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  90. 90
    Refugee Centre for Bettystown? - Mod note Post#70

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  91. 91
    Refugee Centre for Bettystown? - Mod note Post#70

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

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