Community memory
Boards.ie memory links The Quays with stories and gossip, old memories, music and sessions, 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.
26 source leads · 2000-2015
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 S3230 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for THE QUAYS at 10/13 Temple Bar in Dublin city, with BURSTON LIMITED as licensee.[1]
The Irish Times reported that The Quays at 10-12 Temple Bar Square was closed for eight days in January 2019 after a Food Safety Authority of Ireland inspection found an active cockroach infestation.[2]
The Irish Times listed The Quays pub as a Temple Bar TradFest venue in 2011, with Seamus Begley scheduled there for Friday lunchtime.[3]
In 2014 The Irish Times described The Quays pub on Temple Bar Square as a venue where live music was broadcast to passers-by through open doors.[4]
Community memory
Archive time depth
15 years of archive-metadata distance across 24 dated Boards.ie archive leads.
Flagship memory draft
Boards.ie gives The Quays a useful forum-memory trail around stories and gossip, old memories, music and sessions, characters and regulars and nights out and craic. PubHub is treating it as linked public memory, not settled fact.
The archive has 26 readable signals for The Quays, 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 26 unique Boards.ie URLs for review. The dated archive span visible on the page is 2000-2015.
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 Quays a source-linked forum-memory trail around stories and gossip, old memories, music and sessions, regulars and room characters and craic, with 26 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 26 readable signals for The Quays, 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 Quays 26 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, music, singing, gigs, sessions, and the sound of the pub in forum memory, 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.
2002 · memory, story
2010 · music and sessions, 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.
story_gossip
Boards.ie gives The Quays 26 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, music, singing, gigs, sessions, and the sound of the pub in forum memory, 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 Quays: 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 Quays has 24 dated source leads from 2000 to 2015, giving the page a 15-year archive trail. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.
source_depth
PubHub has 26 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 Quays has 26 readable Boards.ie memory signals around stories and gossip, old memories, music and sessions, regulars and characters and nights out and craic. The strongest current lead points into "Tall Buildings and development in Waterford"; 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.
2002 · memory, story · lead score 138
2010 · music and sessions, memory, story · lead score 129
2009 · memory · lead score 116
2002 · memory · lead score 108
2006 · characters · lead score 108
2010 · music and sessions, memory, story · lead score 129
2006 · characters · lead score 108
2001 · characters · lead score 105
2005 · characters, atmosphere · lead score 105
2007 · music and sessions · lead score 98
Archive profile
The Quays has 26 readable Boards.ie memory matches around stories and gossip, old memories, music and sessions, 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, music and sessions, 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.
Music and sessions
Boards.ie memory links this pub with music, sessions, singing, gigs, or pub-night rhythm.
Regulars and characters
Boards.ie memory links this pub with regulars, bar characters, staff roles, or social texture around the room.
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.
Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
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2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
2000Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77
2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80
Boards.ie forum memory
Boards.ie memory links The Quays with stories and gossip, old memories, music and sessions, 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.
Think this Boards.ie memory is wrong, unfair, missing context, or attached to the wrong pub? Send PubHub a correction and we will check the page. Contact PubHub.
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.