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HARRY BYRNE Notable

107 HOWTH ROAD, KILLESTER, Dublin

Address107 HOWTH ROAD, KILLESTER
CountyDublin
EircodeD03 KN97
Websiteharrybyrnes.ie
Licence refN0137

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Boards.ie memory links Harry Byrne with stories and gossip, old memories, 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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130 source leads · 2000-2019

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🏭 Heritage-listed building

NIAH building record

Built: c.1890 · NIAH rating: Regional

This elegantly-proportioned building makes a strong impression on the streetscape. Elaborate terracotta and moulded and polychrome brick detailing enliven the façade and are testament to the skill and artisanship employed in its construction. It retains its early form and character, making a considerable contribution to the streetscape. First licensed in 1798, it was originally a coaching inn, incorporating stabling and a coach yard, and parts of this original structure may have been absorbed into the current building. The establishment of an independent Irish post office in 1784 led to...

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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 N0137 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for HARRY BYRNE at 107 HOWTH ROAD, KILLESTER in DUBLIN CITY with IM LIMITED as licensee.[1] NIAH records Harry Byrnes, 107 Howth Road, Clontarf as a regional-rated public house built c.1900, and its appraisal says the establishment was first licensed in 1798 as a coaching inn with stabling and a coach yard.[2] The Irish Independent reported that a man pleaded guilty to two witness-intimidation counts at Harry Byrnes pub on Howth Road, Clontarf on September 6, 2017.[3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. NIAH · Registry entry, ref. 50030285 · 2014-11-20
  3. Irish Independent · "Thug is jailed over threat to kill sister and her husband" · 2020-05-20

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Local notes

Established

Built between c.1890 and c.1910.

Architecture

This elegantly-proportioned building makes a strong impression on the streetscape. Elaborate terracotta and moulded and polychrome brick detailing enliven the façade and are testament to the skill and artisanship employed in its construction. It retains its early form and character, making a considerable contribution to the streetscape.

Community memory

Memory archive

Archive time depth

2000-2019

19 years of archive-metadata distance across 124 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

20002001200220032004200520062007
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Stories and local colour

Gossip, odd details and pub atmosphere

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.

Source-linked story leads

  1. After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2010 · rituals and customs, story

  2. After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2010 · rituals and customs, story

  3. Great films you hate (or just didnt get) *Spoiler Alert*

    2010 · characters, story

  4. What's is the best game show we have/ have had?

    memory, story

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Big archive trail, needs match review

Boards.ie produces 130 readable matches for Harry Byrne, 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 19 signals for Harry Byrne: 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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time_depth

Archive time depth

Harry Byrne has 124 dated source leads from 2000 to 2019, giving the page a 19-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 130 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

Harry Byrne has 130 readable Boards.ie memory signals around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and music and sessions. The strongest current lead points into "After Hours, one and only Queen thread"; 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 19 regulars-or-room-texture signals.

Story, gossip and history leads

  1. After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2010 · rituals and customs, story · lead score 132

  2. After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2010 · rituals and customs, story · lead score 132

  3. Great films you hate (or just didnt get) *Spoiler Alert*

    2010 · characters, story · lead score 131

  4. Boards Beers 27th July

    characters, memory · lead score 130

  5. What's is the best game show we have/ have had?

    memory, story · lead score 127

Characters and room texture

  1. After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2010 · rituals and customs, story · lead score 132

  2. After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2010 · rituals and customs, story · lead score 132

  3. Great films you hate (or just didnt get) *Spoiler Alert*

    2010 · characters, story · lead score 131

  4. Boards Beers 27th July

    characters, memory · lead score 130

  5. Explain your username

    2014 · characters · lead score 127

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Archive profile

A wide Boards.ie forum trail

Harry Byrne has 130 readable Boards.ie memory matches around stories and gossip, old memories, 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.

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Memory shape

Stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and music and sessions

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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.

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
    Celebrities you hate but didn't always dislike

    2019Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

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    Stories friends swear are true

    2018Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

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    Shared Birth Dates

    2018Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  4. 4
    Shooting at Bray Boxing Club, 1 killed, 2 seriously injured...

    2018Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  5. 5
    Shooting at Bray Boxing Club, 1 killed, 2 seriously injured...

    2018Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  6. 6
    Explain your username

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  7. 7
    What's is the best game show we have/ have had?

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  8. 8
    bleakest town in Ireland

    2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  9. 9
    What fictional character's death had the biggest effect on you?

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  10. 10
    Sean Hughes RIP

    2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  11. 11
    Women and Makeup

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  12. 12
    The 'After Hours' Racehorse

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  13. 13
    Token Halloween Trick or Treater Thread

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  14. 14
  15. 15
    Help my boyfriend find his things

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  16. 16
    Easter Lily.

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  17. 17
    Easter Lily.

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  18. 18
    Hilarious sporting moments remembered...

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  19. 19
    You know what makes me feel old......

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

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    How much can you drink?

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  23. 23
    How much can you drink?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  24. 24
    How much can you drink?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  25. 25
    Likely False Rumours of Gardai Deployed in Belfast

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  26. 26
    Likely False Rumours of Gardai Deployed in Belfast

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  27. 27
    LOL Rte

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  28. 28
    Aaa Jesus - we have upset poor Mr Ahern!

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  29. 29
    Annoying First Dates! Any Stories?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  30. 30
    Annoying First Dates! Any Stories?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  31. 31
    Would you go on Britain's Got Talent?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  32. 32
    Country 'N' Irish music.....

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  33. 33
    Country 'N' Irish music.....

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  34. 34
    Remember the 80's?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  35. 35
    What are ye eatin'? (NOW WITH DRINKING!!!)

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  36. 36
    Most scenic places in Ireland

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

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    Another pregnancy question

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  45. 45
    Underage Drinking

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  46. 46
    The after hours blind date extravaganza

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  47. 47
    What drugs do you take regularly?

    2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  48. 48
    Four year off-the-road sentence for weed smoking.

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  49. 49
    What is Weirdest/strangest thing someone has said to you?

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  50. 50
    What common, everyday foods do you avoid?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  51. 51
    Ever won in a raffle?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  52. 52
    IRISH URBAN LEGENDS you heard

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  53. 53
    Is snooker a real sport?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  54. 54
    Why do so many people hate whats popular ?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  55. 55
    Ireland's oldest woman has passed away

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  56. 56
    Ireland's oldest woman has passed away

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  57. 57
    Ireland's oldest woman has passed away

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  58. 58
  59. 59
    After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  60. 60
    After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  61. 61
    After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  62. 62
    Email to RTÉ complaints

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  63. 63
    Email to RTÉ complaints

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  64. 64
    Email to RTÉ complaints

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  65. 65
    Email to RTÉ complaints

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  66. 66
    Who's the most famous person you've met?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  67. 67
    should this be re-named the dublin after hours..

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 82

  68. 68
    should this be re-named the dublin after hours..

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 82

  69. 69
    Cop Shot!

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  70. 70
    Guns on Planes

    2000Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  71. 71
    Good places for first dates in Belfast ?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  72. 72
  73. 73
    A Lovely Thought From Tayto.

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  74. 74
    What are your earliest memories?

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  75. 75
    Boards Beers 27th July

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  76. 76
    Most beautiful women in the world

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  77. 77
    Czech culture and sex

    2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  78. 78
    Does anyone here holiday alone?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  79. 79
    What would you think of the legalization of LSD and MDMA?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  80. 80
    Can you sue a pub landlord for slander

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  81. 81
  82. 82
    Apparition due at Knock shrine - 3pm today (Sunday 11th June)

    2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  83. 83
    Chinese Takeaways/Restaurants

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  84. 84
    There's Something About Mary

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  85. 85
    AFTER HOURS BEERS *TONIGHT* 10TH OCTOBER - THE DUKE DUBLIN

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 82

  86. 86
    If you could live anywhere in Ireland, where would you live?

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  87. 87
    Usernames

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  88. 88
    Cannabis withdrawal worse than heroin

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  89. 89
    Do ugly children become ugly adults?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  90. 90
    online dating sites,your experiences.Good or bad?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  91. 91
    Unusual characters you've met along the way

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  92. 92
    Unusual characters you've met along the way

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  93. 93
    Unusual characters you've met along the way

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  94. 94
    Unusual characters you've met along the way

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  95. 95
    Great films you hate (or just didnt get) *Spoiler Alert*

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  96. 96
  97. 97
    BPM Closing

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  98. 98
    Going to the pub during the day - magical.

    2018Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  99. 99
    Who are the most talented rte presenters today ?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  100. 100
    Azealia Banks

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  101. 101
    Azealia Banks

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  102. 102
    Things you never had

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  103. 103
    "Celebrities" you cannot stand

    2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  104. 104
    Old RTE programming that was good

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  105. 105
    Old RTE programming that was good

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  106. 106
    Odd taste from fizzy drinks

    2018Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  107. 107
    Mile high fapping club

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  108. 108
  109. 109
    Toilet the sequel.

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  110. 110
    TV/Movie Characters you hate

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  111. 111
    The new skanger look?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  112. 112
    Child Killed in Sulky Accident

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  113. 113
    Child Killed in Sulky Accident

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  114. 114
  115. 115
    What Type of Person Are You?

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  116. 116
    Change the gender of characters to make movies worse.

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  117. 117
    22 years ago today. R.I.P James Bulger

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  118. 118
  119. 119
    When was the last time that you cried?

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  120. 120
    When was the last time that you cried?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  121. 121
    Have you ever met any famous people and what were they like?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  122. 122
    mouse racing nights - anyone ever been??

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  123. 123
    Things that happened years ago that still make you angry

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  124. 124
    Keeping bread in the fridge

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  125. 125
    Is my obsession normal?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  126. 126
    would you miss Superquinn

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  127. 127
    April Fools Day

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  128. 128
    Mary Byrne reminds me of my childhood..

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  129. 129
    (US) Granny shoots 12 year old; neighbors cheer

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  130. 130
    Anyone interested in doing Open Mic for 100euro???

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

Boards.ie forum memory

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