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GRAND CANAL HARBOUR, Dublin

AddressGRAND CANAL HARBOUR
CountyDublin
Licence ref1001412

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24 source leads · 2002-2015

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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.

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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref 1001412 as a Publican's Licence (ordinary) - Theatre for THE BORD GAIS ENERGY THEATRE at GRAND CANAL HARBOUR in DUBLIN CITY with CROWNWAY ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED as licensee.[1]

The Irish Times reported in 2014 that John and Bernie Gallagher acquired the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin's south Docklands through Crownway Entertainment for about EUR28 million.[2]

The same Irish Times report described the venue as a 2,111-seat theatre designed by Daniel Libeskind and the centrepiece of the urban quarter at Grand Canal Square.[2]

The Irish Times also reported that the theatre was developed and launched in 2010 at a cost of EUR80 million.[2]

In a separate 2014 Irish Times report, Harry Crosbie said the BGE Theatre, formerly the Grand Canal Theatre, had opened in March 2010 and had traded profitably from its first day.[3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Irish Times · "Bord Gais Theatre sold in EUR28m deal" · 2014-09-23
  3. Irish Times · "Bord Gais theatre sale 'barbarous', says Harry Crosbie" · 2014-07-19

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Archive time depth

2002-2015

13 years of archive-metadata distance across 23 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

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Boards.ie gives The Bord Gais Energy Theatre 24 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, odd details, local colour, and the stray fragments that make the page feel lived-in, regulars, staff-memory, room characters, crowds, and the social texture around the pub 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.

Source-linked story leads

  1. Do we need a mid sized (7-8,000 capacity) venue?

    2006 · memory, story

  2. Roger Moore RIP

    2008 · memory, story, oddities and colour

  3. Bord Gais increase bills by 12% whilst spending 100k on chairs!!

    2007 · story

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What people were talking about

Boards.ie gives The Bord Gais Energy Theatre 24 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, odd details, local colour, and the stray fragments that make the page feel lived-in, regulars, staff-memory, room characters, crowds, and the social texture around the pub 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.

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Characters and room texture

The character lane has 2 signals for The Bord Gais Energy Theatre: 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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Archive time depth

The Bord Gais Energy Theatre has 23 dated source leads from 2002 to 2015, giving the page a 13-year archive trail. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.

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Best Boards.ie memory leads

The Bord Gais Energy Theatre has 24 readable Boards.ie memory signals around old memories, stories and gossip, local colour, regulars and characters and atmosphere. The strongest current lead points into "Do we need a mid sized (7-8,000 capacity) venue?"; 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 2 regulars-or-room-texture signals.

Story, gossip and history leads

  1. Do we need a mid sized (7-8,000 capacity) venue?

    2006 · memory, story · lead score 135

  2. Roger Moore RIP

    2008 · memory, story, oddities and colour · lead score 125

  3. League of Gentlemen Live Again 17/08/2018 3Arena

    2009 · memory · lead score 121

  4. Dr Strangelove - Coogan / Iannucci - BGET - Feb

    2010 · characters · lead score 121

  5. Bord Gais increase bills by 12% whilst spending 100k on chairs!!

    2007 · story · lead score 119

Characters and room texture

  1. Dr Strangelove - Coogan / Iannucci - BGET - Feb

    2010 · characters · lead score 121

  2. New ESB Smart Electricity Meters

    2009 · characters · lead score 110

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A Boards.ie forum trail

The Bord Gais Energy Theatre has 24 readable Boards.ie memory matches around old memories, stories and gossip, local colour, regulars and characters and atmosphere. PubHub V1 publishes this as forum memory: what people said online, connected back to source posts where possible.

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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
    ESB workers get 5.5% rise and 'compensation' payment

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83

  2. 2
    Acts that never played Ireland

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  3. 3
    Gig of the year 2018 edition

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  4. 4
    Father John Misty - Vicar Street May 28th 2018

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83

  5. 5
    2017 Irish Gigs (rumours & confirmed events)

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  6. 6
    Tony Bennett gig cancelled

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  7. 7
    Guy calling to door to door re Esb/ airtricity?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83

  8. 8
    New ESB Smart Electricity Meters

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 82

  9. 9
    Anyone ever upgrade tickets with ticket master?

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  10. 10
    Do we need a mid sized (7-8,000 capacity) venue?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  11. 11
    Phone calls- Scam?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  12. 12
  13. 13
    Possible price increase for airtricity customers

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83

  14. 14
    Stupid Airtricity Stands

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83

  15. 15
    David Gray closing the bar!

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  16. 16
    Dr Strangelove - Coogan / Iannucci - BGET - Feb

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  17. 17
    Bono - Stories of Surrender - Olympia, 21st November

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  18. 18
    2018 Irish Gigs (Rumours & Confirmed Events)

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  19. 19
    League of Gentlemen Live Again 17/08/2018 3Arena

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  20. 20
    Roger Moore RIP

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  21. 21
    Roger Moore RIP

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  22. 22
    How much is your ESB bill?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83

  23. 23
    Angus and Julia Stone

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  24. 24
    Beware pushy Airtricity door to door salesmen

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 83

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