Community memory
Boards.ie memory links Crowes with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and nights out and craic. 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 · 1999-2014
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 S0162 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for CROWES at 10 MERRION ROAD, BALLSBRIDGE in DUBLIN CITY with BALLINTURLY LIMITED as licensee.[1] A 2005 Irish Times rugby-price survey named Crowe's Pub, Merrion Road among pubs checked around Lansdowne Road before an Ireland-France match.[2] In 2005, Irish Independent rugby coverage said the social side Crowbars RFC was formed by Wanderers members who used to meet outside Crowe's pub in Ballsbridge before travelling to play provincial clubs on Sundays.[3]
Community memory
Quick read
Short linked forum memory from people talking about this pub.
Archive time depth
15 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.
2007 · memory, story
2009 · characters, story
2006 · characters, story
2008 · characters, 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 Crowes, 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 11 signals for Crowes: 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
Crowes has 53 dated source leads from 1999 to 2014, giving the page a 15-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
Crowes has 53 readable Boards.ie memory signals around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and nights out and craic. The strongest current lead points into "Table Quiz Quizzical Quizzes!"; 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 11 regulars-or-room-texture signals.
2009 · characters, memory · lead score 142
2007 · memory, story · lead score 135
2009 · characters, story · lead score 135
2006 · characters, story · lead score 135
2008 · characters, story · lead score 135
2009 · characters, memory · lead score 142
2009 · characters, story · lead score 135
2006 · characters, story · lead score 135
2008 · characters, story · lead score 135
2008 · characters · lead score 128
High-volume or generic-name matches are flagged for source review before PubHub turns them into stronger editorial copy.
Archive profile
Crowes has 53 readable Boards.ie memory matches around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and nights out and craic. 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 nights out and craic
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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2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
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2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
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2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
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Boards.ie forum memory
Boards.ie memory links Crowes with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and nights out and craic. 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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More Boards.ie snippets
“finnegann wrote: I'm in Galway. Are there regular table quiz nights in the pubs around the city? I rarely see any advertised...”
Table Quiz Quizzical Quizzes! · 2009“Grew up in bow'ha'mowa- pubs still the same and locals are class Crowes Charlies - (something tavern now) Tonerys - my fav...”
Cill Ard, Bohermore · 2008“Depends how intimate you want to be. Morgans are pretty good for a small party. If you want a separate room though...”
party venue in town? · 2007“axiom32 wrote: The Crowes were elected fair and square and thats as simple as that. bull****, i have it on good authority...”
the Crowe brothers · 2009