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35/36/37 EAST ESSEX STREET, AND 9 SYCAMORE STREET, Dublin

Address35/36/37 EAST ESSEX STREET, AND 9 SYCAMORE STREET
CountyDublin
Licence refS0085

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Boards.ie memory links Bad Bobs Public House 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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56 source leads · 2001-2014

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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 S0085 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for BAD BOBS PUBLIC HOUSE at 35/36/37 EAST ESSEX STREET, AND 9 SYCAMORE STREET in DUBLIN CITY with CARMAC TAVERNS LIMITED as licensee.[1]

In 2006, the Irish Times reported that Bad Bobs in Temple Bar was sold for €12 million by the O'Dwyer brothers to publican Conor Martin.[2]

Sources  (2)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. The Irish Times · “Brothers sell Bad Bobs for €12m” · 2006-11-08

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Archive time depth

2001-2014

13 years of archive-metadata distance across 54 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

20012004200520062007200820092010
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Stories and local colour

Gossip, odd details and pub atmosphere

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Source-linked story leads

  1. How would you characterise the Irish?

    2005 · characters, atmosphere, memory, story

  2. Bad Employees

    2009 · characters, memory, story

  3. O'Donoghue Not Guilty of Murder

    2004 · memory, story

  4. My New Hero.

    2008 · story

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Boards.ie produces 56 readable matches for Bad Bobs Public House, 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 Bad Bobs Public House: 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

Bad Bobs Public House has 54 dated source leads from 2001 to 2014, giving the page a 13-year archive trail. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.

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Source trail

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Best Boards.ie memory leads

Bad Bobs Public House has 56 readable Boards.ie memory signals around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, atmosphere and local colour. The strongest current lead points into "How would you characterise the Irish?"; 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. How would you characterise the Irish?

    2005 · characters, atmosphere, memory · lead score 149

  2. Bad Employees

    2009 · characters, memory, story · lead score 142

  3. O'Donoghue Not Guilty of Murder

    2004 · memory, story · lead score 136

  4. My New Hero.

    2008 · story · lead score 129

  5. METRO AREA - remake:remodel launch @ The Button Factory, Fri 15/2

    2007 · music and sessions, memory, story · lead score 128

Characters and room texture

  1. How would you characterise the Irish?

    2005 · characters, atmosphere, memory · lead score 149

  2. Bad Employees

    2009 · characters, memory, story · lead score 142

  3. My New Hero.

    2008 · story · lead score 129

  4. How many times did you vote?

    2006 · characters, story · lead score 128

  5. Local newspaper like Southside seems very Marixist

    2007 · characters, story · lead score 128

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Archive profile

A wide Boards.ie forum trail

Bad Bobs Public House has 56 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.

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

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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

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Regulars and characters

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Room atmosphere

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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
    Do we have many heavy metal fans on After Hours?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  2. 2
    You Thieving Bastard

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  3. 3
    Killer Drug?

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

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  5. 5
    You Know You live in a Uni House when ....

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  6. 6
    A New Low For TV3 - Release of Lenihan Illness News

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  7. 7
    O'Donoghue Not Guilty of Murder

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  8. 8
    Private Schools.

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 76

  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
    The lack of physical fitness in the Garda

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  12. 12
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  14. 14
    Cutting down a tree

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  15. 15
    the most outlandish insurance claims you ever heard of

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  16. 16
    Pyjama spotting

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  17. 17
    Age card question?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 76

  18. 18
    David McWilliams is a tosser, here's why...

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  19. 19
    My New Hero.

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  20. 20
    Ever Worked In A Call Centre? Tell Your Funny Stories Here!

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  21. 21
    How would you characterise the Irish?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  22. 22
    How would you characterise the Irish?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  23. 23
    Save Rusheen Bay from Rich People!

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  24. 24
    How would you rate the quality of life in Ireland?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  25. 25
    Would you buy a murder house?

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  26. 26
    Budget 2016

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  27. 27
    Irish roof-washing gang intimidate Finnish householders

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  28. 28
    do people think that they are soundproof?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  29. 29
  30. 30
    An Garda Siochana - Do you respect them?

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  31. 31
    Men Are ye that shallow?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  32. 32
    We only have ourselves to blame...

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  33. 33
    Rude customers

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  34. 34
  35. 35
    Kirwin Action Group

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  36. 36
    What are your personal experiences with the Gardai

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  37. 37
    Family of seven sleep in Garda station Mod note post one

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  38. 38
    Bad Employees

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  39. 39
    1 in 4 social houses refused. Homeless crisis on arse.

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  40. 40
    How Clean Is Your House?

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  41. 41
    Anyone have a copy of Bungalow Bliss?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  42. 42
    The Gardai - Accomplishments to date

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  43. 43
    The Gardai - Accomplishments to date

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  44. 44
    The Gardai - Accomplishments to date

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  45. 45
    Local newspaper like Southside seems very Marixist

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  46. 46
    Things you'd like to do as dictator

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  47. 47
    Irish Independent Investigation Reveals!

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  48. 48
    The Commute

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  49. 49
  50. 50
    Young lads acting the fool.

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  51. 51
    How many times did you vote?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  52. 52
    New York introduces outdoor smoking ban in public places.

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  53. 53
  54. 54
    On-line dating horror stories.

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  55. 55
  56. 56
    Templars Hall ..Getting out of Hand..

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

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