Community memory
Boards.ie memory links Patrick Mcgrath with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs 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.
33 source leads · 2001-2017
Read source trail🏭 Heritage-listed building
Built: c.1870 · NIAH rating: Regional
This public house retains its early form and character, constituting a vibrant addition to the streetscape. The pubfront, including the corner column, attractively addresses the junction of North Circular Road and Grattan Parade. Render detailing is used to good effect in the window openings, adding artistic interest to the façade. Earlier structures existed on the site, but by the early twentieth century the adjoining sites were amalgamated to form a public house. It is a site of social gathering with landmark qualities within the local area.
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 N0082 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for PATRICK MCGRATH at 1 GRATTAN PARADE in DUBLIN CITY with PATRICK MCGRATH LIMITED as licensee.[1]
NIAH records the associated building as a Regional-rated public house dated 1870-1890 and notes its early form, pubfront, corner column, and landmark quality at North Circular Road and Grattan Parade.[2]
PubHub lore
Established
Built between c.1870 and c.1890.
Architecture
The pubfront, including the corner column, attractively addresses the junction of North Circular Road and Grattan Parade. Render detailing is used to good effect in the window openings, adding artistic interest to the façade.
Community memory
Archive time depth
16 years of archive-metadata distance across 31 dated Boards.ie archive leads.
Flagship memory draft
Boards.ie gives Patrick Mcgrath a useful forum-memory trail around old memories, stories and gossip, characters and regulars, rituals and house habits and room atmosphere. PubHub is treating it as linked public memory, not settled fact.
The archive has 33 readable signals for Patrick Mcgrath, with enough repetition to make this a good candidate for a fuller memory page. The useful material is the pattern: what people returned to, joked about, remembered, or argued over.
The character lane is active here: 6 signals point toward regulars, staff-memory, crowds, roles, and room texture. PubHub should keep private people protected while preserving the sense of the room.
The source trail currently preserves 33 unique Boards.ie URLs for review. The dated archive span visible on the page is 2001-2017.
Generated V1 flagship draft. Before turning this into stronger editorial copy, open the linked sources, check pub identity, and keep corrections/removals easy.
Boards.ie editor brief
Boards.ie gives Patrick Mcgrath a source-linked forum-memory trail around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and room characters, rituals and habits and atmosphere, with 33 readable signals preserved for review. The character lane adds 6 room-texture signals, pointing to regulars, crowds, roles or recurring pub talk without treating forum memory as verified fact.
This is an editor brief from source-linked forum memory. It is not a verified pub fact, and sensitive private-person claims stay out of public copy.
Stories and local colour
The archive has 33 readable signals for Patrick Mcgrath, with enough repetition to make this a good candidate for a fuller memory page. The useful material is the pattern: what people returned to, joked about, remembered, or argued over.
story gossip
Boards.ie gives Patrick Mcgrath 33 readable forum-memory signals around older recollections, changed routines, remembered visits, and traces of how the pub lived in people's routes, 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, repeated habits, match days, late-bar routines, quizzes, lock-ins, or other house rhythms 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.
2013 · characters, memory, story
2003 · memory, story
2004 · memory, story
2005 · 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 Patrick Mcgrath 33 readable forum-memory signals around older recollections, changed routines, remembered visits, and traces of how the pub lived in people's routes, 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, repeated habits, match days, late-bar routines, quizzes, lock-ins, or other house rhythms 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.
characters
The character lane has 6 signals for Patrick Mcgrath: 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
Patrick Mcgrath has 31 dated source leads from 2001 to 2017, giving the page a 16-year archive trail. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.
source_depth
PubHub has 33 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
Patrick Mcgrath has 33 readable Boards.ie memory signals around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and atmosphere. The strongest current lead points into "What do you think were the most shocking murder cases in Ireland and why do you think"; 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 6 regulars-or-room-texture signals.
2013 · characters, memory, story · lead score 136
2003 · memory, story · lead score 130
2004 · memory, story · lead score 128
2005 · story · lead score 124
characters, story · lead score 118
2013 · characters, memory, story · lead score 136
characters, story · lead score 118
2002 · characters · lead score 115
2004 · memory · lead score 115
2010 · characters · lead score 114
Archive profile
Patrick Mcgrath has 33 readable Boards.ie memory matches around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs 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
Old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and atmosphere
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.
2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86
2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86
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2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
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2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
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2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86
2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
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2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86
2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86
2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
Boards.ie forum memory
Boards.ie memory links Patrick Mcgrath with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs 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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Boards.ie sprint target
This pub is in the current Boards.ie Memory Productization Sprint. The goal is to turn useful forum traces, gossip, characters, regulars and source leads into readable public memory without treating them as verified facts.
Operator next step
Open the source links and turn the strongest themes into tighter, readable page copy without overclaiming.
Make the page feel alive without overclaiming: name the recurring themes, describe the room texture, and invite corrections or extra memories.
Browse the full lane on the Boards.ie sprint board.