Community memory
Boards.ie memory links The Intercontinental Dublin with stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters and nights out and craic. 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.
15 source leads · 2001-2019
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 S3733 as a Publican's Licence (Ordinary) Hotel - BF - 1902 Act (Public Bar) for THE INTERCONTINENTAL DUBLIN at SIMMONSCOURT ROAD AND, MERRION ROAD in DUBLIN CITY with BALLSBRIDGE LEISURE INVESTMENTS LIMITED as licensee.[1]
The Irish Times reported in 1997 that the RDS would lease a 3.3-acre site at the corner of Merrion Road and Simmonscourt Road to Simmonscourt Holdings for a planned Four Seasons hotel, and that the hotel was intended as a 250-bedroom five-star project.[2] In 2001, The Irish Times reviewed the new Four Seasons hotel in Ballsbridge and named the architect as Mike Chun of Wimberley Allison Tong and Goo.[3] The Irish Times reported in 2014 that the Four Seasons hotel in Ballsbridge would become InterContinental Dublin on 2015-01-01, under a long-term franchise agreement between IHG and London & Regional.[4]
Community memory
Boards.ie community memory
Forum memory, linked to the source thread. Request a rewrite, refresh, or removal if the wording or match is wrong.
Archive time depth
18 years of archive-metadata distance across 14 dated Boards.ie archive leads.
Flagship memory draft
Boards.ie gives The Intercontinental Dublin a useful forum-memory trail around stories and gossip, old memories, characters and regulars and nights out and craic. PubHub is treating it as linked public memory, not settled fact.
The archive has 15 readable signals for The Intercontinental Dublin, 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: 3 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 15 unique Boards.ie URLs for review. The dated archive span visible on the page is 2001-2019.
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 The Intercontinental Dublin a source-linked forum-memory trail around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and room characters and craic, with 15 readable signals preserved for review. The character lane adds 3 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 15 readable signals for The Intercontinental Dublin, 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 The Intercontinental Dublin 15 readable forum-memory signals around story-shaped forum talk, rumours, local claims, and fragments that could become fuller pub stories, older recollections, changed routines, remembered visits, and traces of how the pub lived in people's routes, regulars, staff-memory, room characters, crowds, and the social texture around the pub and nights out, banter, sessions, lively talk, and social energy around the room. 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.
2017 · craic, story
2010 · story
2005 · story
2006 · 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 The Intercontinental Dublin 15 readable forum-memory signals around story-shaped forum talk, rumours, local claims, and fragments that could become fuller pub stories, older recollections, changed routines, remembered visits, and traces of how the pub lived in people's routes, regulars, staff-memory, room characters, crowds, and the social texture around the pub and nights out, banter, sessions, lively talk, and social energy around the room. 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 3 signals for The Intercontinental Dublin: 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
The Intercontinental Dublin has 14 dated source leads from 2001 to 2019, giving the page a 18-year archive trail. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.
source_depth
PubHub has 15 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
The Intercontinental Dublin has 15 readable Boards.ie memory signals around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters and nights out and craic. The strongest current lead points into "Congrats to Becky Lynch and Finn Balor"; 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 3 regulars-or-room-texture signals.
2017 · craic, story · lead score 128
2010 · story · lead score 121
2005 · story · lead score 121
2006 · story · lead score 121
2008 · story · lead score 121
2017 · craic, story · lead score 128
2019 · craic · lead score 114
2005 · characters · lead score 113
2001 · characters · lead score 109
2005 · characters · lead score 109
Archive profile
The Intercontinental Dublin has 15 readable Boards.ie memory matches around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters and nights out and craic. 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, old memories, regulars and characters and nights out and craic
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.
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.
Nights out
Boards.ie memory links this pub with nights out, banter, sessions, or lively pub-going talk.
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.
2019Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75
2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81
2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81
Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85
2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
Boards.ie forum memory
Boards.ie memory links The Intercontinental Dublin with stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters and nights out and craic. 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.