Community memory
Boards.ie memory links The International Bar with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, local colour and 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.
74 source leads · 2000-2018
Read source trail🏭 Heritage-listed building
Built: c.1910 · NIAH rating: Regional
There has been a public house on this site since the 1850s, however this well-preserved and prominently sited building dates to 1911 to the design of George OConnor. It retains a wealth of original fabric, including original pubfronts to both elevations and a high quality interior. It is finely built, having lively brick detailing combined with features characteristic of the Edwardian period. The stacked oriel windows, ranging over three floors, are a particularly striking feature , and the stepped curvilinear gable may be interpreted as a reference to the Dutch influences of...
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 S0110 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for THE INTERNATIONAL BAR at 8 St Andrew Street and 23 Wicklow Street in Dublin city, with LIONWOOD LIMITED as licensee.[1]
NIAH records The International Bar as a regional-rated public house built in 1911, with architectural, artistic, cultural, and social interest.[2]
NIAH says a public house has stood on the site since the 1850s and that the present building was designed by George O'Connor.[2]
NIAH also records that the pub is mentioned as Ruggy O'Donohoe's in Joyce's Ulysses and has long been associated with Dublin's literary, musical, and theatrical life.[2]
PubHub lore
Established
Built between c.1910 and c.1915.
Architecture
There has been a public house on this site since the 1850s, however this well-preserved and prominently sited building dates to 1911 to the design of George OConnor. It retains a wealth of original fabric, including original pubfronts to both elevations and a high quality interior.
Community memory
Archive time depth
18 years of archive-metadata distance across 72 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.
2012 · memory, 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.
overmatch_review
Boards.ie produces 74 readable matches for The International Bar, but the name or hit pattern is broad enough that PubHub should treat this as a source-mining queue before writing stronger lore. The links still preserve useful public memory leads.
characters
The character lane has 11 signals for The International Bar: 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 International Bar has 72 dated source leads from 2000 to 2018, 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 74 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 International Bar has 74 readable Boards.ie memory signals around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, local colour and music and sessions. The strongest current lead points into "Cork losing Santander route?"; 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 11 regulars-or-room-texture signals.
2012 · memory, story · lead score 131
2015 · characters, memory · lead score 130
2008 · memory · lead score 128
2009 · characters, memory · lead score 127
2007 · characters · lead score 127
2015 · characters, memory · lead score 130
2008 · memory · lead score 128
2009 · characters, memory · lead score 127
2007 · characters · lead score 127
2006 · characters, music and sessions, story · lead score 123
High-volume or generic-name matches are flagged for source review before PubHub turns them into stronger editorial copy.
Archive profile
The International Bar has 74 readable Boards.ie memory matches around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, local colour and music and sessions. 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, local colour and music and sessions
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.
Local colour
Boards.ie memory links this pub with odd details, local colour, and the kind of fragments that make pub pages more alive.
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.
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Boards.ie forum memory
Boards.ie memory links The International Bar with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, local colour and 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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