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MAGPIE BAR Listed

MAIN STEET, CLARECASTLE

AddressMAIN STEET, CLARECASTLE
CountyClare
Licence refENP0010

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Boards.ie memory links Magpie Bar with stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, local colour and rituals and customs. 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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79 source leads · 1970-2016

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What the archives say

Independent reporting and heritage records on this pub, drawn from a curated list of Irish news outlets, Revenue Commissioners, NIAH, and the Dictionary of Irish Architects. Every claim links to its primary source.

Listing historyNotable events

Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref ENP0010 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for MAGPIE BAR at MAIN STEET, CLARECASTLE in CO. CLARE with EILEEN GARLAND as licensee.[1]

Irish Examiner reported in 2011 that Ennis Circuit Court granted an emergency injunction to Eileen Garland of the Magpie bar, Main Street, Clarecastle, after a neighbour's workers demolished the wall separating the properties.[2]

The report said the area bounded by the wall included a beer garden and smoking area installed on foot of planning permission.[2]

Sources  (2)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Irish Examiner · "Publican wins injunction to stop neighbour erecting boundary" · 2011-12-02

Community memory

Memory archive

Archive time depth

1970-2016

46 years of archive-metadata distance across 76 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

19702001200220032004200520062007
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Stories and local colour

Gossip, odd details and pub atmosphere

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Source-linked story leads

  1. Whats the worst thing you ever found out while internet stalking/being nosey?

    2008 · story

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What the Boards.ie trail is useful for

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Big archive trail, needs match review

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Characters and room texture

The character lane has 3 signals for Magpie Bar: 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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time_depth

Archive time depth

Magpie Bar has 76 dated source leads from 1970 to 2016, giving the page a 46-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 79 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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Story leads

Best Boards.ie memory leads

Magpie Bar has 79 readable Boards.ie memory signals around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, local colour and rituals and customs. The strongest current lead points into "That one mystery you always wanted to know about."; 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 3 regulars-or-room-texture signals.

Story, gossip and history leads

  1. That one mystery you always wanted to know about.

    2013 · memory · lead score 124

  2. Whats the worst thing you ever found out while internet stalking/being nosey?

    2008 · story · lead score 124

  3. Would you ask a boardsie out?

    2006 · characters · lead score 122

  4. Random Violence

    2003 · memory · lead score 120

  5. Sharon Ni Bheolain

    2006 · memory · lead score 120

Characters and room texture

  1. Would you ask a boardsie out?

    2006 · characters · lead score 122

  2. Psycho!

    2014 · characters · lead score 108

  3. Irish people and swearing

    2002 · characters · lead score 103

  4. 1988 IRA funeral Footage

    2006 · music and sessions · lead score 101

High-volume or generic-name matches are flagged for source review before PubHub turns them into stronger editorial copy.

Archive profile

A wide Boards.ie forum trail

Magpie Bar has 79 readable Boards.ie memory matches around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, local colour and rituals and customs. PubHub V1 publishes this as forum memory: what people said online, connected back to source posts where possible.

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Memory shape

Stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, local colour and rituals and customs

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Stories and gossip

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

Old memories

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

Regulars and characters

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

Local colour

Boards.ie memory links this pub with odd details, local colour, and the kind of fragments that make pub pages more alive.

Archive source trail

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.

  1. 1
    Very superstitious...

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  2. 2
    Zimbabwe hunter 'crushed to death by shot elephant'

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  3. 3
    Zimbabwe hunter 'crushed to death by shot elephant'

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  4. 4
    There's a little mouse in my living room

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  5. 5
    Psycho!

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  6. 6
    Castle for €700,000

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  7. 7
    Things you used to think when you were younger.

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  8. 8
    Take a peek out your window

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  9. 9
    What are your odd phobias?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  10. 10
    What are your odd phobias?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  11. 11
    What are your odd phobias?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  12. 12
    Would you ask a boardsie out?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  13. 13
    16 year old girl to marry 50 year old teacher

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  14. 14
  15. 15
    Contact lenses - what a gyp!

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  16. 16
    Contact lenses - what a gyp!

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  17. 17
    The student is going to make his million dollars

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  18. 18
    Ban Sarky(people)

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  19. 19
    Magpie through the window

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  20. 20
    Magpie through the window

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  21. 21
    tracing a family tree online

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  22. 22
    d4s / skangers

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  23. 23
    The Strokes

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  24. 24
    The Strokes

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  25. 25
    The Strokes

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  26. 26
    Scissors/ Franz Gig

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  27. 27
  28. 28
    Opinions you hold, but which you know are false

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  29. 29
    Opinions you hold, but which you know are false

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  30. 30
    Property Bubble Going to Burst?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  31. 31
    Magpies, your thoughts

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  32. 32
    Magpies, your thoughts

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  33. 33
    Magpies, your thoughts

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  34. 34
    Magpies, your thoughts

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  35. 35
    Magpies, your thoughts

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  36. 36
    How many boards.ie users have you had sex with?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  37. 37
    Are you ,,, A "practice girl"?

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  38. 38
    Meanwhile in the real world: what size is your gf?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  39. 39
    Questions you dont really wanna hear the answer to

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  40. 40
    Satanism in the Garden county

    1970Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  41. 41
    Fear of Flying and Airplane Stories?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  42. 42
    Fighting at your debs

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  43. 43
    Is the Irish Language going out of fashion? Please Vote!

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 82

  44. 44
    Irish people and swearing

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  45. 45
    The Strokes

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  46. 46
    Interpol last night

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  47. 47
    Led Zeppelin split up today 40 years ago

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  48. 48
    stupid superstitions

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  49. 49
    Obscure new skills or tricks to learn?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  50. 50
    "Good morning Mr. Magpie", hit me...

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  51. 51
    1988 IRA funeral Footage

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  52. 52
    1988 IRA funeral Footage

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  53. 53
    superstitious?

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  54. 54
    How superstitious are you?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  55. 55
    Should After Hours be disbanded?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  56. 56
    Sharon Ni Bheolain

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  57. 57
    Latin Mottos

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  58. 58
  59. 59
    Polish women?

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  60. 60
    building work and polish

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  61. 61
    Why cant English people say 'Doherty'

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  62. 62
    Hypnotism?

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  63. 63
    Oxegen car park

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  64. 64
    McNugget flu returns

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  65. 65
    Putting an animal out it's Misery

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  66. 66
    That one mystery you always wanted to know about.

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  67. 67
    Superstitions

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  68. 68
    Superstitions

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  69. 69
    Superstitions

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  70. 70
    Superstitions

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  71. 71
    Birds in cages

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  72. 72
    Birds in cages

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  73. 73
    Are you a midget?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  74. 74
    Random Violence

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  75. 75
    Unce Unce Unce Unce Un-un-un-un-Unce!

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  76. 76
    Unce Unce Unce Unce Un-un-un-un-Unce!

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  77. 77
    Irish - Time to go?

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  78. 78
    Same FCUKing joke

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  79. 79
    Fungi on the Westside

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

Boards.ie forum memory

Boards.ie memory links Magpie Bar with stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, local colour and rituals and customs. 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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