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JJ BOWLES Heritage

8 THOMONDGATE, LIMERICK

Address8 THOMONDGATE, LIMERICK
CountyLimerick
EircodeV94 HK74
Licence refLIP0521

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Memory archive

Boards.ie memory links Jj Bowles with rituals and customs. 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.

Rituals and customs

2 source leads · 2007-2008

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🏭 Heritage-listed building

NIAH building record

Built: c.1790 · NIAH rating: Regional

An accurate date for this building is difficult to ascertain without more extensive investigations, though it could be significantly earlier in origins given the pitch of the roof structure and the placing of the window openings in such a manner to suggest quite substantial party walls. The nineteenth-century shopfront and timber casement windows gives added interest to this historic building. It is located within the historic Thomond Gate area of Limerick, close to Thomond Bridge and the immensely historic King's Island. A Limerick Civic Trust plaque on the front elevation reads: 'J.J....

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Local notes

Established

Built between c.1790 and c.1810.

Architecture

An accurate date for this building is difficult to ascertain without more extensive investigations, though it could be significantly earlier in origins given the pitch of the roof structure and the placing of the window openings in such a manner to suggest quite substantial party walls.

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Memory archive

Archive time depth

2007-2008

1 years of archive-metadata distance across 2 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

20072008
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 Jj Bowles 2 readable forum-memory signals around repeated habits, match days, late-bar routines, quizzes, lock-ins, or other house rhythms. 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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What the Boards.ie trail is useful for

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What people were talking about

Boards.ie gives Jj Bowles 2 readable forum-memory signals around repeated habits, match days, late-bar routines, quizzes, lock-ins, or other house rhythms. 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

Jj Bowles has 2 dated source leads from 2007 to 2008, giving the page a 1-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 2 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

Jj Bowles has 2 readable Boards.ie memory signals around rituals and customs. The strongest current lead points into "Is After Hours "Chinatown" ?"; 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. Is After Hours "Chinatown" ?

    2007 · rituals and customs · lead score 94

  2. Is After Hours "Chinatown" ?

    2008 · rituals and customs · lead score 94

Archive profile

A Boards.ie forum trail

Jj Bowles has 2 readable Boards.ie memory matches around rituals and customs. PubHub V1 publishes this as forum memory: what people said online, connected back to source posts where possible.

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Memory shape

Rituals and customs

Correction loop

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Rituals and customs

Boards.ie memory links this pub with repeated habits, late bars, quiz nights, lock-ins, sessions, or house routines.

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
    Is After Hours "Chinatown" ?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  2. 2
    Is After Hours "Chinatown" ?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

Boards.ie forum memory

Boards.ie memory links Jj Bowles with rituals and customs. 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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