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PROSPECT HILL, GALWAY

AddressPROSPECT HILL, GALWAY
CountyGalway
Licence refGAP067

Community memory

Memory archive

Boards.ie memory links The Western Bar with old memories, stories and gossip, 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.

Old memoriesStories and gossipMusic and sessionsRegulars and characters

107 source leads · 2000-2019

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Community memory

Memory archive

Archive time depth

2000-2019

19 years of archive-metadata distance across 105 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

20002001200220032004200520062007
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.

Source-linked story leads

  1. party venue in town?

    2007 · memory, story

  2. 'Racist ' Comments

    2013 · story

  3. University status WIT

    2002 · memory, story

  4. University status WIT

    2002 · 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.

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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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Big archive trail, needs match review

Boards.ie produces 107 readable matches for The Western 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.

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Characters and room texture

The character lane has 19 signals for The Western 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.

v1 forum memory

time_depth

Archive time depth

The Western Bar has 105 dated source leads from 2000 to 2019, giving the page a 19-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 107 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 Western Bar has 107 readable Boards.ie memory signals around old memories, stories and gossip, music and sessions, regulars and characters and nights out and craic. The strongest current lead points into "party venue in town?"; 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 19 regulars-or-room-texture signals.

Story, gossip and history leads

  1. party venue in town?

    2007 · memory, story · lead score 136

  2. 'Racist ' Comments

    2013 · story · lead score 130

  3. Proposed modifications to Threadneedle Road

    2010 · characters · lead score 129

  4. University status WIT

    2002 · memory, story · lead score 128

  5. University status WIT

    2002 · memory, story · lead score 128

Characters and room texture

  1. Proposed modifications to Threadneedle Road

    2010 · characters · lead score 129

  2. Greece ?????????

    2005 · characters, story · lead score 128

  3. What's on in the City? - June 2014

    2008 · characters, music and sessions · lead score 126

  4. continental europe > ireland

    2000 · characters, memory · lead score 126

  5. continental europe > ireland

    2006 · characters, memory · lead score 126

High-volume or generic-name matches are flagged for source review before PubHub turns them into stronger editorial copy.

Archive profile

A wide Boards.ie forum trail

The Western Bar has 107 readable Boards.ie memory matches around old memories, stories and gossip, 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.

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Boards.ie readable-first raw review queue

Memory shape

Old memories, stories and gossip, 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.

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.

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

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
    Worst scam you've fallen for

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  2. 2
    Saudi Arabia to expel up to 2 million workers

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  3. 3
    Online porn block for England

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  4. 4
    Jews refuse to shop at ‘Hitler’ store in India

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  5. 5
    Greece ?????????

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  6. 6
    Greece ?????????

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  7. 7
    George Bush Redemption

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  8. 8
    What's on in the city? - 2017

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  9. 9
    Trad session pubs

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  10. 10
    Threadneedle Road junction?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  11. 11
    What's On in the City?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  12. 12
    What's On in the City?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  13. 13
    What's On in the City?

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  14. 14
    Tourism in Ireland

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  15. 15
    Planned roadworks on Coolagh RAB and Briarhill Junction

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  16. 16
    Pubs/clubs/eats/fun things/links

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  17. 17
    Pubs/clubs/eats/fun things/links

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  18. 18
    anyone recommend musicians for 60th party

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  19. 19
    Road name (Parkmore? Ballybrit Cresent?)

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  20. 20
    party venue in town?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  21. 21
    Swan butchered in Claddagh

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  22. 22
    David McWilliams - Whats his problem!?

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  23. 23
    David McWilliams - Whats his problem!?

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  24. 24
    David McWilliams - Whats his problem!?

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  25. 25
    Why is the job situation so poor in Sligo?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 78

  26. 26
    Are the stereotypes of the Irish people actaully correct ?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  27. 27
  28. 28
    Luas cross city line

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  29. 29
    Are you xenophobe?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  30. 30
    Learn Gaelic

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  31. 31
    Bono slated by New Internationalist

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  32. 32
    Bono slated by New Internationalist

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  33. 33
    Bono slated by New Internationalist

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  34. 34
    Shell To Sea

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  35. 35
    Outbreak (USA)-Roisin Dubh-6th April

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  36. 36
    Bluegrass mate visiting and wants to see some trad music

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  37. 37
    Relaxed place with live music on Friday/Saturday evening

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  38. 38
    Airport/stadium

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  39. 39
    New Garda Headquarters building to be built

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  40. 40
    What's on in the City? - August 2015

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  41. 41
    Is the west the best?!

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  42. 42
    Hiring a boat on Lough Corrib/Lough Mask for a day

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  43. 43
    What's on in the City? - July 2014

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  44. 44
    Learning Folk/Trad guitar?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  45. 45
    Length of drive Cappagh Rd to Parkmore

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  46. 46
    What's on in the City? - July 2013

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  47. 47
    Interesting job ad ...

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  48. 48
    Interesting job ad ...

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  49. 49
    Blocked up road parrallel to pitches at Millars Lane....

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  50. 50
    Good lunch time grub

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  51. 51
    Fast Food Delivery

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  52. 52
    University status WIT

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  53. 53
    University status WIT

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  54. 54
    Sixmilebridge Railway Station to re-open May 2009

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  55. 55
    The Republic is 70 years old today

    2019Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  56. 56
    Biggest in Western

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  57. 57
    Biggest in Western

    2018Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  58. 58
  59. 59
  60. 60
  61. 61
    Why can nobody speak Irish?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  62. 62
    'Racist ' Comments

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  63. 63
    'Water is precious' adds

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  64. 64
    Smoking Ban: Shopped anyone yet?

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  65. 65
    Regular Sessions - POST HERE

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  66. 66
    Water outage

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  67. 67
    Traditional Irish music session

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  68. 68
    What's on in the City? - September 2014

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  69. 69
    What's on in the City? - April 2014

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  70. 70
    What's on in the City? - August 2013

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  71. 71
    Huge hole discovered in Knocknacarra: Council looking into it

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  72. 72
    Huge hole discovered in Knocknacarra: Council looking into it

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  73. 73
    Crossfit

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  74. 74
    Salmon Weir gates

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  75. 75
    A nice modern shopping centre..

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  76. 76
    Waterford-Rosslare line

    2018Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 76

  77. 77
    Waterford-Rosslare line

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 76

  78. 78
    Waterford fallen down the urban scale

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 76

  79. 79
  80. 80
    A very very sad story

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  81. 81
    A very very sad story

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  82. 82
    (US) Gunman Kills 8 In Hair Saloon Massacre

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  83. 83
  84. 84
  85. 85
    continental europe > ireland

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  86. 86
    continental europe > ireland

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  87. 87
    continental europe > ireland

    2000Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  88. 88
    Ideal Session - Your Help!

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  89. 89
    Ideal Session - Your Help!

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  90. 90
    Proposed modifications to Threadneedle Road

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  91. 91
    Outer City Bypass

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  92. 92
    Knocknacarra burglaries

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  93. 93
    What's on in the City? - June 2014

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  94. 94
    Coffee places

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  95. 95
    What's on in the City? - October 2013

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  96. 96
    St Patricks Day 2013

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  97. 97
    Cunningham Higgins in trouble

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  98. 98
    Roundabouts [or] lights?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  99. 99
    Roundabouts [or] lights?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  100. 100
    Tom Hogans - Gone into voluntary liquidation

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  101. 101
    Tom Hogans - Gone into voluntary liquidation

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  102. 102
    Tom Hogans - Gone into voluntary liquidation

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  103. 103
    Anti Social Behaviour

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  104. 104
    Anti Social Behaviour

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  105. 105
    Good pubs?!

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 84

  106. 106
    A good gym in Cork city??

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 76

  107. 107
    Get Crusheen Back on Track

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

Boards.ie forum memory

Boards.ie memory links The Western Bar with old memories, stories and gossip, 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.

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