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COMMERCIAL BAR Listed

RAILWAY STREET, PASSAGE WEST, Cork

AddressRAILWAY STREET, PASSAGE WEST
CountyCork
Licence refCXP303

Community memory

Memory archive

Boards.ie memory links Commercial Bar with stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, atmosphere 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.

Stories and gossipOld memoriesRegulars and charactersRoom atmosphere

53 source leads · 1998-2017

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Community memory

Memory archive

Archive time depth

1998-2017

19 years of archive-metadata distance across 50 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

19981999200020012002200320042005
Full Boards.ie archive, story leads and sourcesKept on the page, collapsed so rich pubs do not run for screens.

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. TH Doolans up for sale for €330K, owners decided to retire

    2010 · memory, story

  2. Ferrybank 1965

    2009 · memory, story

  3. North Quays €32m sell-off may be sunk

    2006 · memory, story

  4. Ghost Town

    2012 · memory, story

This is labelled forum memory: useful gossip, local claims and colour from source-linked public discussion, not PubHub treating the claims as settled fact.

PubHub read of the archive

What the Boards.ie trail is useful for

These cards turn the raw forum trail into practical page leads: gossip, character texture, time depth, source depth, and review warnings where the match pattern is broad.

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Big archive trail, needs match review

Boards.ie produces 53 readable matches for Commercial Bar, 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

Characters and room texture

The character lane has 8 signals for Commercial 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.

v1 forum memory

time_depth

Archive time depth

Commercial Bar has 50 dated source leads from 1998 to 2017, giving the page a 19-year archive trail. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.

archive context

source_depth

Source trail

PubHub has 53 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.

source preserved

Story leads

Best Boards.ie memory leads

Commercial Bar has 53 readable Boards.ie memory signals around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, atmosphere and local colour. The strongest current lead points into "TH Doolans up for sale for €330K, owners decided to retire"; 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 8 regulars-or-room-texture signals.

Story, gossip and history leads

  1. TH Doolans up for sale for €330K, owners decided to retire

    2010 · memory, story · lead score 136

  2. Ferrybank 1965

    2009 · memory, story · lead score 127

  3. Would you buy "raw" milk? (poll attached)

    2011 · characters, memory · lead score 127

  4. North Quays €32m sell-off may be sunk

    2006 · memory, story · lead score 127

  5. Ghost Town

    2012 · memory, story · lead score 127

Characters and room texture

  1. Would you buy "raw" milk? (poll attached)

    2011 · characters, memory · lead score 127

  2. Famous Actors doing commercials/ads on tv

    2010 · characters, story · lead score 127

  3. book club in Cork city area?

    2002 · characters, music and sessions · lead score 118

  4. The wreck of Douglas village

    2010 · characters · lead score 113

  5. Electric cars (bewbs inside)

    2003 · characters · lead score 113

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

Commercial Bar has 53 readable Boards.ie memory matches around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, atmosphere and local colour. PubHub V1 publishes this as forum memory: what people said online, connected back to source posts where possible.

V1 source

Boards.ie readable-first raw review queue

Memory shape

Stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, atmosphere and local colour

Correction loop

If the page is wrong or unfair, use the correction path and PubHub can update or remove it.

V1 shows linked forum memory and local talk as memory, not as PubHub fact-checking.

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.

Room atmosphere

Boards.ie memory links this pub with room feel, recommendations, and how people described the place.

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
    Formal words that the UK use but we don't

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  2. 2
    Famous Actors doing commercials/ads on tv

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  3. 3
    Famous Actors doing commercials/ads on tv

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  4. 4
    Famous Actors doing commercials/ads on tv

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  5. 5
    Ireland's oil and gas

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  6. 6
    Ireland's oil and gas

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  7. 7
    Ireland's oil and gas

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  8. 8
    The Anti-Austerity Crowd

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  9. 9
    Gay Pride Parade

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  10. 10
  11. 11
    Going out in the Regional cities

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  12. 12
    Going out in the Regional cities

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  13. 13
    96FM v RedFM

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  14. 14
    Is the Irish Examiner really a national newspaper?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  15. 15
    Ghost Town

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  16. 16
    Ghost Town

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  17. 17
    Electric Avenue...gone?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83

  18. 18
    Waterford City and County get 6 pages of Sunday Tribune

    1999Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  19. 19
    do you think the world is too obsessed with money

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  20. 20
    do you think the world is too obsessed with money

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  21. 21
    The urban rural divide

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  22. 22
    Electric cars (bewbs inside)

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  23. 23
    corcaigh.org

    2000Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  24. 24
    Census 2011 - Waterford

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  25. 25
    North Quays €32m sell-off may be sunk

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  26. 26
  27. 27
    Would you buy "raw" milk? (poll attached)

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  28. 28
    Méadhbh McGivern (14), and her dad on Morning Ireland

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  29. 29
    Méadhbh McGivern (14), and her dad on Morning Ireland

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  30. 30
    Computer says no

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  31. 31
    Conjoined twins flown home by the Air corps

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83

  32. 32
    Conjoined twins flown home by the Air corps

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83

  33. 33
    Survivor: Boards.ie - Final Round

    1998Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  34. 34
    Survivor: Boards.ie - Final Round

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  35. 35
  36. 36
    6 storey building in Mervue

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  37. 37
    The Restaurant Recommendation Thread

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83

  38. 38
    Sullivan's Quay development

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  39. 39
    book club in Cork city area?

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83

  40. 40
    How hostile will the new government be for Waterford?

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  41. 41
    SportsSavers

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  42. 42
    TH Doolans up for sale for €330K, owners decided to retire

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  43. 43
    Waterford Airport in Danger of Closing!?

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  44. 44
    Waterford Airport in Danger of Closing!?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  45. 45
    €258k salary for HSE manager in Limerick

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  46. 46
    €258k salary for HSE manager in Limerick

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  47. 47
    Micheal Martin's €30k bill

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  48. 48
    Eamon Gilmore - hypocritical or just politics?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  49. 49
    Licensing laws on Good Friday

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  50. 50
    Who's shopping today?

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83

  51. 51
    The wreck of Douglas village

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  52. 52
    Ferrybank 1965

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  53. 53
    €200 parking levy applies to Waterford

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

Boards.ie forum memory

Boards.ie memory links Commercial Bar with stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, atmosphere 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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