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BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOORS 48 TEMPLE BAR AND 46 TEMPLE BAR AND, EXTENSIONS SITUATED BASEMENT 47 TEMPLE BAR PART BASEMENT AND GROUND, FLOOR 46 TEMPLE BAR AND PART OF BASEMENT 15/16 TEMPLE LANE SOUTH, Dublin

AddressBASEMENT AND GROUND FLOORS 48 TEMPLE BAR AND 46 TEMPLE BAR AND, EXTENSIONS SITUATED BASEMENT 47 TEMPLE BAR PART BASEMENT AND GROUND, FLOOR 46 TEMPLE BAR AND PART OF BASEMENT 15/16 TEMPLE LANE SOUTH
CountyDublin
EircodeD02 N725
Opening hoursMo-Th 09:30-23:30; Fr 09:30-20:00; Sa 09:30-19:00; Su 11:00-23:30
Licence ref1009287

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Boards.ie memory links The Temple Bar with atmosphere, stories and gossip 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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6 source leads · 2005-2015

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🏭 Heritage-listed building

NIAH building record

Built: c.1830 · NIAH rating: Regional

Commercial directories record a ‘grocer and spirit dealer’ here in the 1840s owned by J. Farley and a ‘grocer, tea, wine and sprit merchant’ owned by P. Ramsbottom in the 1890s, indicating a continuity of use for over one hundred and seventy years, and constituting a significant reminder of the social and commercial history of the area. This building retains some of its traditional form and fabric, with the fenestration, particularly the Wyatt windows, making an interesting contribution to the streetscape. Temple Bar and Temple Lane South are named after Sir William Temple and his son...

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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.

Listing historyNotable events

Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref 1009287 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for THE TEMPLE BAR at BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOORS 48 TEMPLE BAR AND 46 TEMPLE BAR AND, EXTENSIONS SITUATED BASEMENT 47 TEMPLE BAR PART BASEMENT AND GROUND, FLOOR 46 TEMPLE BAR AND PART OF BASEMENT 15/16 TEMPLE LANE SOUTH in DUBLIN CITY with TEMPLE INNS LIMITED as licensee.[1] The Irish Times reported in 2014 that Dublin City Council refused planning permission for a redevelopment within The Temple Bar pub involving construction of a “double height” oyster bar.[2] The Irish Examiner reported that Temple Inns Ltd’s pre-tax profits were €3.4m for the 12 months to the end of October 2017, and listed Tom Cleary and Jackie Cleary as directors.[3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Irish Times · Planning denied for Temple Bar pub redevelopment · 2014-12-05
  3. Irish Examiner · Temple Bar pub toasts 3% rise in profits to €3.3m · 2018-09-12

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Local notes

Established

Built between c.1830 and c.1850.

Architecture

Commercial directories record a ‘grocer and spirit dealer’ here in the 1840s owned by J. Farley and a ‘grocer, tea, wine and sprit merchant’ owned by P. Ramsbottom in the 1890s, indicating a continuity of use for over one hundred and seventy years, and constituting a significant reminder of the social and commercial history of the area.

Street role

Dublin City Council refused a 2014 redevelopment proposal inside The Temple Bar that would have created a double-height oyster bar.

Community memory

Memory archive

Archive time depth

2005-2015

10 years of archive-metadata distance across 6 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

200520072015
Full Boards.ie archive, story leads and sourcesKept on the page, collapsed so rich pubs do not run for screens.

Stories and local colour

Gossip, odd details and pub atmosphere

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.

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What people were talking about

Boards.ie gives The Temple Bar 6 readable forum-memory signals around recommendations, atmosphere, room feel, and how people described the place, story-shaped forum talk, rumours, local claims, and fragments that could become fuller pub stories and music, singing, gigs, sessions, and the sound of the pub in forum memory. 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. BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB & MANO-Remake:Remodel-Fri 14 Mar

    2007 · story

  2. Free Passes For Freq Nasty

    2005 · atmosphere

  3. FREQ NASTY@TBMC sat 21 MAY POWERED BY:LET LOOSE

    2005 · atmosphere

  4. Freq Nasty This Sat @t.b.m.c

    2005 · atmosphere

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What the Boards.ie trail is useful for

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.

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What people were talking about

Boards.ie gives The Temple Bar 6 readable forum-memory signals around recommendations, atmosphere, room feel, and how people described the place, story-shaped forum talk, rumours, local claims, and fragments that could become fuller pub stories and music, singing, gigs, sessions, and the sound of the pub in forum memory. 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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time_depth

Archive time depth

The Temple Bar has 6 dated source leads from 2005 to 2015, giving the page a 10-year archive trail. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.

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Source trail

PubHub has 6 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.

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Story leads

Best Boards.ie memory leads

The Temple Bar has 6 readable Boards.ie memory signals around atmosphere, stories and gossip and music and sessions. The strongest current lead points into "BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB & MANO-Remake:Remodel-Fri 14 Mar"; PubHub should keep it labelled as forum memory, then use corrections and source review to turn the best fragments into fuller local stories.

Story, gossip and history leads

  1. BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB & MANO-Remake:Remodel-Fri 14 Mar

    2007 · story · lead score 106

  2. Free Passes For Freq Nasty

    2005 · atmosphere · lead score 100

  3. FREQ NASTY@TBMC sat 21 MAY POWERED BY:LET LOOSE

    2005 · atmosphere · lead score 92

  4. Freq Nasty This Sat @t.b.m.c

    2005 · atmosphere · lead score 92

  5. 2025 Irish Gigs (Confirmed & Rumoured Events)

    2015 · music and sessions · lead score 92

Archive profile

A Boards.ie forum trail

The Temple Bar has 6 readable Boards.ie memory matches around atmosphere, stories and gossip and music and sessions. PubHub V1 publishes this as forum memory: what people said online, connected back to source posts where possible.

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Memory shape

Atmosphere, stories and gossip and music and sessions

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Room atmosphere

Boards.ie memory links this pub with room feel, recommendations, and how people described the place.

Stories and gossip

Boards.ie memory links this pub with story-shaped talk, gossip, rumours, and local claims worth surfacing as forum memory.

Music and sessions

Boards.ie memory links this pub with music, sessions, singing, gigs, or pub-night rhythm.

Archive source trail

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
    BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB & MANO-Remake:Remodel-Fri 14 Mar

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  2. 2
    FREQ NASTY @T.B.M.C sat 21ST MAY

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  3. 3
    2025 Irish Gigs (Confirmed & Rumoured Events)

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  4. 4
    Free Passes For Freq Nasty

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  5. 5
    Freq Nasty This Sat @t.b.m.c

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  6. 6
    FREQ NASTY@TBMC sat 21 MAY POWERED BY:LET LOOSE

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

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