Community memory
Boards.ie memory links The Porterhouse with regulars and characters and old memories. 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.
1 source lead · 2010
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 S0106 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for THE PORTERHOUSE at 18 PARLIAMENT STREET in DUBLIN CITY with ISKASINC LIMITED as licensee.[1]
In 1999, the Irish Independent reported that a second Porterhouse was established in 1996 at Parliament Street, Dublin, with a brewery producing beers for its Bray and Dublin pubs.[2]
In 2022, the Irish Times reported that Iskasinc (the Porterhouse entity that owns the pub on the corner of Parliament Street and Essex Street) sought planning permission to build 11 bedrooms on top of the pub.[3]
PubHub lore
Established
The Parliament Street Porterhouse opened in 1996 as the second Porterhouse, with a brewery producing beers for the Bray and Dublin pubs.
Earlier uses
A 2022 Irish Times report said Iskasinc sought permission to build 11 bedrooms above the Parliament Street and Essex Street corner pub.
Architecture
Prominently located at Crossguns Bridge, this unusual building was erected about 1930 as a garage, but served as the headquarters of Ireland's first commercial airline, Iona Airways, which operated between 1931 and 1995. The enterprise was started here by the entrepreneur, Hugh Cahill, who initially had a motor company.
Community memory
Archive time depth
same-year archive trace across 1 dated Boards.ie archive lead.
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 The Porterhouse 1 readable forum-memory signal around regulars, staff-memory, room characters, crowds, and the social texture around the pub and older recollections, changed routines, remembered visits, and traces of how the pub lived in people's routes. 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.
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 Porterhouse 1 readable forum-memory signal around regulars, staff-memory, room characters, crowds, and the social texture around the pub and older recollections, changed routines, remembered visits, and traces of how the pub lived in people's routes. 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 1 signal for The Porterhouse: 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 Porterhouse has 1 dated source lead from 2010. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.
source_depth
PubHub has 1 unique Boards.ie source URL tied to this pub-memory record. Each public lead stays linked so corrections can point to the exact forum source.
Story leads
The Porterhouse has 1 readable Boards.ie memory signal around regulars and characters and old memories. The strongest current lead points into "Harvest Food Festival"; 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 1 regulars-or-room-texture signal.
2010 · characters, memory · lead score 135
2010 · characters, memory · lead score 135
Archive profile
The Porterhouse has 1 readable Boards.ie memory match around regulars and characters and old memories. 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
Regulars and characters and old memories
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.
Regulars and characters
Boards.ie memory links this pub with regulars, bar characters, staff roles, or social texture around the room.
Old memories
Boards.ie memory links this pub with older recollections, changed habits, former routines, or remembered visits.
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.
2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86
Boards.ie forum memory
Boards.ie memory links The Porterhouse with regulars and characters and old memories. 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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