Community memory
Boards.ie memory links Mcsorley's with stories and gossip and atmosphere. 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.
2 source leads · 2008-2010
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 1022924 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for MCSORLEY'S at SANDFORD HOUSE, 1/3/5 SANDFORD ROAD, RANELAGH in DUBLIN CITY with MCSORLEY'S (RANELAGH) LIMITED as licensee.[1]
Irish Times reported in 2008 that chef Kevin McMahon opened The Wild Goose above McSorley's public house at 1 Sandford Road, Ranelagh.[2] Irish Times reported in June 2024 that a consortium involving Jamie Heaslip, Rob Kearney, Sean O'Brien, and Dave Kearney was set to buy McSorley's pub for EUR5.5m.[3] Irish Times reported in 2025 that Grand Slam Bars, owned by Noel Anderson and the four former Ireland rugby internationals, bought McSorley's in the middle of 2024 and was finalising a deal to take over the Wild Goose restaurant space above the pub.[4]
Community memory
Archive time depth
2 years of archive-metadata distance across 2 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 Mcsorley's 2 readable forum-memory signals around story-shaped forum talk, rumours, local claims, and fragments that could become fuller pub stories and recommendations, atmosphere, room feel, and how people described the place. 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.
2008 · atmosphere, story
2010 · 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 Mcsorley's 2 readable forum-memory signals around story-shaped forum talk, rumours, local claims, and fragments that could become fuller pub stories and recommendations, atmosphere, room feel, and how people described the place. 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.
time_depth
Mcsorley's has 2 dated source leads from 2008 to 2010, giving the page a 2-year archive trail. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.
source_depth
PubHub has 2 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
Mcsorley's has 2 readable Boards.ie memory signals around stories and gossip and atmosphere. The strongest current lead points into "Hedliners Present 2 Trance Heavy Weights 26 th march,kilkenny"; PubHub should keep it labelled as forum memory, then use corrections and source review to turn the best fragments into fuller local stories.
2008 · atmosphere, story · lead score 118
2010 · story · lead score 108
Archive profile
Mcsorley's has 2 readable Boards.ie memory matches around stories and gossip and atmosphere. 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
Stories and gossip and atmosphere
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.
Room atmosphere
Boards.ie memory links this pub with room feel, recommendations, and how people described the place.
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.
2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 82
2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
Boards.ie forum memory
Boards.ie memory links Mcsorley's with stories and gossip and atmosphere. 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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