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Boards.ie memory links P. Hedigan - the Brian Boru with 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.
2 source leads · 2006-2007
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Built: c.1850 · NIAH rating: Regional
A well-preserved mid-nineteenth-century public house, replacing an earlier pub on the same site. It is neatly proportioned on a symmetrical plan, with stucco detailing characteristic of its period, and a good original pubfront enhanced by glazed and gilded signage. It also retains an original timber bar counter and shelving. Hedigan's was established in 1840 as a grocers and public house and has been in the ownership of the Hedigan family since 1904. The pub is known for a particular whiskey that was blended by Patrick Hedigan and traditionally held to be the only pub in Ireland that did...
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 N0236 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for P. HEDIGAN - THE BRIAN BORU at BRIAN BORU HOUSE, NO. 5 PROSPECT ROAD, GLASNEVIN in DUBLIN CITY with HEDIGAN'S LIMITED as licensee.[1]
NIAH records P. Hedigan/The Brian Boru at 5 Prospect Road as a detached three-bay two-storey public house built c.1855, and says Hedigan's was established in 1840 as a grocer and public house and has been in Hedigan family ownership since 1904.[2]
The Irish Times reported in 2008 that An Bord Pleanala overturned permission for partial demolition of Hedigans and a six-storey apartment development because of excessive scale and unsympathetic design, and it described the pub as mentioned in James Joyce's Ulysses.[3]
The Irish Times reported on 2025-10-02 that the planning commission described the demolition of Hedigan's, also known as the Brian Boru at Cross Guns Bridge in Phibsborough, as a significant adverse impact for MetroLink.[4]
PubHub lore
Established
Built between c.1850 and c.1860.
Architecture
A well-preserved mid-nineteenth-century public house, replacing an earlier pub on the same site. It is neatly proportioned on a symmetrical plan, with stucco detailing characteristic of its period, and a good original pubfront enhanced by glazed and gilded signage. It also retains an original timber bar counter and shelving.
Community memory
Archive time depth
1 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 P. Hedigan - the Brian Boru 2 readable forum-memory signals around music, singing, gigs, sessions, and the sound of the pub in forum memory. 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.
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story_gossip
Boards.ie gives P. Hedigan - the Brian Boru 2 readable forum-memory signals around music, singing, gigs, sessions, and the sound of the pub in forum memory. 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
P. Hedigan - the Brian Boru has 2 dated source leads from 2006 to 2007, giving the page a 1-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
P. Hedigan - the Brian Boru has 2 readable Boards.ie memory signals around music and sessions. The strongest current lead points into "Where can I find a session in Dub"; PubHub should keep it labelled as forum memory, then use corrections and source review to turn the best fragments into fuller local stories.
2006 · music and sessions · lead score 106
2007 · music and sessions · lead score 106
2006 · music and sessions · lead score 106
2007 · music and sessions · lead score 106
Archive profile
P. Hedigan - the Brian Boru has 2 readable Boards.ie memory matches around 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
Music and sessions
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Music and sessions
Boards.ie memory links this pub with music, sessions, singing, gigs, or pub-night rhythm.
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.
2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
Boards.ie forum memory
Boards.ie memory links P. Hedigan - the Brian Boru with 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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