Community memory
Boards.ie memory links Button Factory with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and music and sessions. 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.
53 source leads · 2000-2020
Read source trailFrom the record · Verified background
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.
Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref 1013315 as a Publican's Licence (ordinary) - Theatre for BUTTON FACTORY at CURVED STREET, TEMPLE BAR in DUBLIN CITY with NOTTUB LIMITED as licensee.[1]
The Irish Times reported in 2007 that the old Temple Bar Music Centre had been renamed The Button Factory by Eoin Foyle, with the new name referring to the building's previous life in the 1930s.[2]
The Irish Times reported in 2011 that the Button Factory went into examinership and that Temple Lane Management Limited was the company behind the venue at that time.[3]
The Irish Times reported in 2018 that Dublin City Council's planning department ruled the Button Factory, formerly the Temple Bar Music Centre, could not operate using a pub licence without planning permission.[4]
Community memory
Archive time depth
20 years of archive-metadata distance across 53 dated Boards.ie archive leads.
Stories and local colour
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.
2001 · memory, story
2009 · story
2002 · story
2005 · 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
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.
overmatch_review
Boards.ie produces 53 readable matches for Button Factory, 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.
characters
The character lane has 5 signals for Button Factory: 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.
time_depth
Button Factory has 53 dated source leads from 2000 to 2020, giving the page a 20-year archive trail. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.
source_depth
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.
Story leads
Button Factory has 53 readable Boards.ie memory signals around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and music and sessions. The strongest current lead points into "What are your earliest memories?"; 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 5 regulars-or-room-texture signals.
2001 · memory, story · lead score 127
2009 · story · lead score 122
2002 · story · lead score 122
2005 · memory, story · lead score 120
2010 · characters, memory · lead score 120
2001 · memory, story · lead score 127
2010 · characters, memory · lead score 120
2009 · characters, memory · lead score 120
2002 · memory · lead score 115
2001 · characters · lead score 114
High-volume or generic-name matches are flagged for source review before PubHub turns them into stronger editorial copy.
Archive profile
Button Factory has 53 readable Boards.ie memory matches around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and music and sessions. 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
Old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and music and sessions
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.
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.
Archive source trail
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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Boards.ie forum memory
Boards.ie memory links Button Factory with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and music and sessions. 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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