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BALLINAKILLEW, LAGHEY, Donegal

AddressBALLINAKILLEW, LAGHEY
CountyDonegal
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183 source leads · 1999-2019

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Archive time depth

1999-2019

20 years of archive-metadata distance across 176 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

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Stories and local colour

Gossip, odd details and pub atmosphere

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  1. O'Brien found not guilty murder

    2006 · memory, story

  2. Garda/Ombudsman Row in relation to Kieran Boylan Explained by Sunday Times Journo

    2008 · memory, story, oddities and colour

  3. Recession is a myth

    2010 · memory, story

  4. Anyone read the times yesteday? 2 junkies rob there granny (81 years old)

    2002 · characters, story

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Characters and room texture

The character lane has 30 signals for The Country Inn: 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 Country Inn has 176 dated source leads from 1999 to 2019, giving the page a 20-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 183 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

The Country Inn has 183 readable Boards.ie memory signals around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and atmosphere. The strongest current lead points into "O'Brien found not guilty murder"; 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 30 regulars-or-room-texture signals.

Story, gossip and history leads

  1. O'Brien found not guilty murder

    2006 · memory, story · lead score 142

  2. Garda/Ombudsman Row in relation to Kieran Boylan Explained by Sunday Times Journo

    2008 · memory, story, oddities and colour · lead score 136

  3. Recession is a myth

    2010 · memory, story · lead score 134

  4. Anyone read the times yesteday? 2 junkies rob there granny (81 years old)

    2002 · characters, story · lead score 134

  5. A Land With No Hope

    2012 · characters, memory · lead score 133

Characters and room texture

  1. Anyone read the times yesteday? 2 junkies rob there granny (81 years old)

    2002 · characters, story · lead score 134

  2. A Land With No Hope

    2012 · characters, memory · lead score 133

  3. 134 year old law used to seize hundreds of thousands euro worth of alcohol

    2007 · characters, memory · lead score 133

  4. one nightclub towns?

    2000 · craic, characters, atmosphere · lead score 126

  5. 300,000 emigrated in past 4 years

    2013 · characters, memory · lead score 126

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A wide Boards.ie forum trail

The Country Inn has 183 readable Boards.ie memory matches around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and atmosphere. PubHub V1 publishes this as forum memory: what people said online, connected back to source posts where possible.

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Stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and atmosphere

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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.

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.

  1. 1
    We need to adopt a no-commute culture

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  2. 2
  3. 3
    Why is the Communist Party of Ireland unpopular?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  4. 4
    Why is the Communist Party of Ireland unpopular?

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  5. 5
    Underrated places/sights

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  6. 6
    Are we really back to this sh*t again?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  7. 7
    Everyones Opinions on Farmers

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  8. 8
    Where have you never been in Ireland...

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  9. 9
    Most grim places in Ireland

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  10. 10
    Most grim places in Ireland

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  11. 11
  12. 12
    Garda Ombudsman offices bugged

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  13. 13
    Garda Ombudsman offices bugged

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  14. 14
    Property tax means you don't own your home.

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  15. 15
    No Windfarms, No Fracking, No Nuclear Power ?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  16. 16
    What do you love about Ireland ?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  17. 17
    Most beautiful place in Ireland?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  18. 18
    unionists show hatred of ivory coast.

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  19. 19
    Is our Irish economy getting better?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  20. 20
    Do you see Ireland as European?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  21. 21
    Do you see Ireland as European?

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  22. 22
    Does Ireland still need an army?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  23. 23
    I need SSF Targets...

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  24. 24
    Fine Gael want to "regulate public comments" on social media

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  25. 25
    Scary stories

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  26. 26
    Why does Ireland need a military/army?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  27. 27
    Pensioner fined €50 for running 'Bog Hotel'

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  28. 28
    Five Gardai will not be charged in shell to sea tape

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  29. 29
  30. 30
  31. 31
  32. 32
    Finally an end to the best county argument!

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  33. 33
    Is Irish Neutrality a bit, you know, embarrassing?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  34. 34
    Nigerian woman loses her deportation challenge

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  35. 35
    Nigerian woman loses her deportation challenge

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  36. 36
    Have we gone mad?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  37. 37
    80% over speed limit 'not as bad in miles'

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  38. 38
    80% over speed limit 'not as bad in miles'

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  39. 39
    Gardai learn basic Polish in their bid to serve immigrants

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  40. 40
    Gardai learn basic Polish in their bid to serve immigrants

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  41. 41
  42. 42
    Would you hitchhike?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  43. 43
  44. 44
    Most Scandalous Parish in Ireland

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  45. 45
    STRIKE!!!!!!!!

    1999Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  46. 46
    Supporting Your (GAA) Neighbours ?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  47. 47
    Lissadell bus fiasco

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  48. 48
    kilkee bay hotel

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  49. 49
    kilkee bay hotel

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  50. 50
    kilkee bay hotel

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  51. 51
    How do you refer to your Mother?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  52. 52
    Bird man of Loughcrew

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  53. 53
    Migrants being sold at auction in Libya

    2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  54. 54
    The Lovely Lovely Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  55. 55
    Encouraging rural people to the cities

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  56. 56
    Encouraging rural people to the cities

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  57. 57
    Encouraging rural people to the cities

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  58. 58
    Encouraging rural people to the cities

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  59. 59
    Joe Duffy Nation

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  60. 60
    Joe Duffy Nation

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  61. 61
    Joe Duffy Nation

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  62. 62
    Joe Duffy Nation

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  63. 63
    Hitch Hikers?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  64. 64
    The urban rural divide

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  65. 65
    Blow ins

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  66. 66
    What Americans know about Ireland - CNBC interview

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  67. 67
    Can a pub maintain a ban for life?

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  68. 68
    Should religious induction of children be banned?

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  69. 69
    What can the world learn from Ireland?

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  70. 70
    What can the world learn from Ireland?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  71. 71
    Do Irish people not appreciate our Scenery

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  72. 72
    Recession is a myth

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  73. 73
    Recession is a myth

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  74. 74
    Permission granted to grow GM potatoes in Ireland

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  75. 75
    Fluoride endgame approaches....

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  76. 76
    Horsey 1 Humanity 1

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  77. 77
    Ireland as a tourist destination!

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  78. 78
    Why are most hotel workers not Irish ?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  79. 79
    Why are most hotel workers not Irish ?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  80. 80
    Would you recommend Ireland to Tourists?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  81. 81
    So,is there anybody not voting this Friday?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  82. 82
  83. 83
  84. 84
  85. 85
    Ireland's worst county?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  86. 86
    Attack on students in Gaeltacht

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  87. 87
    Attack on students in Gaeltacht

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  88. 88
    Gov. to use our money to deny us our right to vote!!

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  89. 89
    Are you a European?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  90. 90
  91. 91
  92. 92
  93. 93
    best man duties.

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  94. 94
    South-East Health - Primetime

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  95. 95
    Another Anti Crime page setup gone downhill

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 76

  96. 96
    University status WIT

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  97. 97
    O'Brien found not guilty murder

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  98. 98
    Politician rants on foreign freeloaders

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  99. 99
    Do you pick up accents or local phrases easily?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  100. 100
  101. 101
    Does anyone miss the recession ?

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  102. 102
  103. 103
    wake etiquette

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  104. 104
    Most backward county in Ireland

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  105. 105
    Most backward county in Ireland

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  106. 106
    Most recognizable Irish sporting personality in Ireland.

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  107. 107
    County or country first?

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  108. 108
    Alone this Christmas

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  109. 109
    Alone this Christmas

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  110. 110
    Do you have a second job?

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  111. 111
    Irish property market in 2015. A good time to buy?

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  112. 112
    Self-Loathing

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  113. 113
    Do you appreciate Ireland's natural beauty?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  114. 114
    wind power the future ? yes no?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  115. 115
    Tired of all the Shatter bashing

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  116. 116
    Garda charged for pepper spraying teen..

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  117. 117
    Garda charged for pepper spraying teen..

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  118. 118
    The Fianna Fáil voter

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  119. 119
    32 counties in 32 days...

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  120. 120
    Is Ireland depressed?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  121. 121
    FF the biggest party in Ireland

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  122. 122
    A Land With No Hope

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  123. 123
    Shock as calves are mauled to death in Donegal

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  124. 124
    Donegal people drive like LUNATICS-says Gay Bryne

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  125. 125
    Why could you never live abroad?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  126. 126
    TD Mattie McGrath caught driving on phone

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  127. 127
    People are still voting for Fianna Fail, in numbers

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  128. 128
    From the geniuses that brought you last weeks riots!

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  129. 129
    Do you think Irish should become an option after LC?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  130. 130
    Country people in Dublin

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  131. 131
    We need a better response to emergencies

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  132. 132
    I love the Garda !!!!!!!

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  133. 133
    Brendan Gleesons A&E outrage

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  134. 134
    SeaSessions 2012, Bundoran: 29 June-1 July!

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  135. 135
    Why do sessions start so late in Ireland ?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  136. 136
    "I can't believe it's not Rag Week"

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  137. 137
    "I can't believe it's not Rag Week"

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  138. 138
    "I can't believe it's not Rag Week"

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  139. 139
    "I can't believe it's not Rag Week"

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  140. 140
    New business advice

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  141. 141
    How to improve Sligo!

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  142. 142
    is the countryside better than people think

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  143. 143
    Are some parts of Ireland just a bit odd?

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  144. 144
    Are some parts of Ireland just a bit odd?

    2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  145. 145
    Poorest town in Ireland

    2018Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  146. 146
    Play football with the Gardai? Sure do what you like

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  147. 147
  148. 148
    After Hours Presidential Election Poll

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  149. 149
    Words and Phrases We Didn't Have Back Then ....

    2018Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  150. 150
    Words and Phrases We Didn't Have Back Then ....

    2018Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  151. 151
    Pubs Closing Down Rural Ireland

    2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 76

  152. 152
    The Jobbridge Scandal

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  153. 153
    Eircode now launched!

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  154. 154
    DUMB, SELF INDULGENT, UNEDUCATED BUNCH OF SHEEP

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  155. 155
    How much of Ireland have you seen?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  156. 156
    Things you LOVE about Living in Ireland...

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  157. 157
    Things you LOVE about Living in Ireland...

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  158. 158
    60,000 Building Jobs, 400,000 empty houses.

    2000Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  159. 159
    60,000 Building Jobs, 400,000 empty houses.

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  160. 160
    todays government have become utterly untenable?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  161. 161
    Inquiry set up into taping of phone calls from Garda stations

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  162. 162
    The Self pitying garda...

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  163. 163
    Garda punished after helping with major drug bust

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  164. 164
    Garda punished after helping with major drug bust

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  165. 165
  166. 166
    300,000 emigrated in past 4 years

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  167. 167
    Why are the Irish so obsessed with funerals?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  168. 168
    Scrap the Irish Language Commissioner

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  169. 169
    The best product from your county?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  170. 170
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  172. 172
    Oileán na Marbh

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  173. 173
    Oileán na Marbh

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  174. 174
  175. 175
    one nightclub towns?

    2000Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  176. 176
    minimum wage

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  177. 177
    things you like about Ireland

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  178. 178
    Revolting Dublin Accents

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 76

  179. 179
  180. 180
    Are you afraid of the dark?

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  181. 181
    Starting to Plan for a Wedding

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  182. 182
    ICE ON ROADS THIS MORNING whats happening!!

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  183. 183
    Investment in Sligo ‘not seen in decades’

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

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