Community memory
Boards.ie memory links Fagans with stories and gossip, regulars and characters and old memories. 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.
8 source leads · 2003-2024
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Built: c.1905 · NIAH rating: Regional
Fagan's is an attractive Edwardian public house prominently sited at the busy junction of Drumcondra and Botanic roads and is dated 1907 in a confident Art Nouveau script. The building was constructed by contractor William Connolly & Sons to designs by Dublin architect George O'Connor and it was licensed in 1907 to Mr Fagan. It is characterized by tall narrow proportions, with the main corner block attended by lower subservient wings to the rear that, despite some renovation works, contribute to the building's presence. The building is enhanced by the retention of a good traditional...
From 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 N0145 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for FAGANS at 146 LOWER DRUMCONDRA ROAD, & 4 VICTORIA LANE & PREMISES ATTACHED, DRUMCONDRA in DUBLIN CITY with BLUEWAVE TAVERNS LIMITED as licensee.[1]
NIAH records Fagan's as a Regional-rated Edwardian public house dated 1905-1910, built by William Connolly and Sons to designs by George O Connor and licensed in 1907.[2]
PubHub lore
Established
Built between c.1905 and c.1910.
Architecture
Fagan's is an attractive Edwardian public house prominently sited at the busy junction of Drumcondra and Botanic roads and is dated 1907 in a confident Art Nouveau script. The building was constructed by contractor William Connolly & Sons to designs by Dublin architect George O'Connor and it was licensed in 1907 to Mr Fagan.
Community memory
Archive time depth
21 years of archive-metadata distance across 8 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.
story gossip
Boards.ie gives Fagans 8 readable forum-memory signals around story-shaped forum talk, rumours, local claims, and fragments that could become fuller pub stories, regulars, staff-memory, room characters, crowds, and the social texture around the pub and older recollections, changed routines, remembered visits, and traces of how the pub lived in people's routes. This is not verified pub history; it is a mapped trail of what people said online and where PubHub can go next for local colour.
2024 · memory, story
2003 · story
2004 · 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.
story_gossip
Boards.ie gives Fagans 8 readable forum-memory signals around story-shaped forum talk, rumours, local claims, and fragments that could become fuller pub stories, regulars, staff-memory, room characters, crowds, and the social texture around the pub and older recollections, changed routines, remembered visits, and traces of how the pub lived in people's routes. This is not verified pub history; it is a mapped trail of what people said online and where PubHub can go next for local colour.
characters
The character lane has 3 signals for Fagans: 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
Fagans has 8 dated source leads from 2003 to 2024, giving the page a 21-year archive trail. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.
source_depth
PubHub has 8 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
Fagans has 8 readable Boards.ie memory signals around stories and gossip, regulars and characters and old memories. The strongest current lead points into "2025 Irish Gigs (Confirmed & Rumoured Events)"; 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 3 regulars-or-room-texture signals.
2024 · memory, story · lead score 133
2012 · characters, memory · lead score 125
2003 · story · lead score 111
2004 · story · lead score 111
2010 · memory · lead score 111
2012 · characters, memory · lead score 125
2006 · characters · lead score 111
2003 · characters · lead score 111
Archive profile
Fagans has 8 readable Boards.ie memory matches around stories and gossip, regulars and characters and old memories. PubHub V1 publishes this as forum memory: what people said online, connected back to source posts where possible.
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Memory shape
Stories and gossip, regulars and characters and old memories
Correction loop
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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.
Regulars and characters
Boards.ie memory links this pub with regulars, bar characters, staff roles, or social texture around the room.
Old memories
Boards.ie memory links this pub with older recollections, changed habits, former routines, or remembered visits.
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.
2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83
2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83
2024Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83
2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83
2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83
2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83
2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83
2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83
Boards.ie forum memory
Boards.ie memory links Fagans with stories and gossip, regulars and characters and old memories. 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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