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BELLURGAN, DUNDALK, Louth

AddressBELLURGAN, DUNDALK
CountyLouth
PlaceDundalk
Opening hoursMo-Fr 16:00-20:45; Sa 13:00-20:45; Su 12:30-19:45; PH 'Bank Holiday Mo 13:00-19:00'; Dec 25 Off
Licence refDK0149

Community memory

Memory archive

Boards.ie memory links The Blue Anchor with stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, atmosphere and 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.

Stories and gossipOld memoriesRegulars and charactersRoom atmosphere

89 source leads · 2000-2017

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Community memory

Memory archive

Archive time depth

2000-2017

17 years of archive-metadata distance across 87 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

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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. Real life v.s. Online personality

    2012 · characters, memory, story

  2. RTE and the Licence FEE

    2011 · story

  3. Charities

    2007 · story

  4. What do News Readers Talk About at The End of The News Cast?

    2005 · 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

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 89 readable matches for The Blue Anchor, 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 8 signals for The Blue Anchor: 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 Blue Anchor has 87 dated source leads from 2000 to 2017, giving the page a 17-year archive trail. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.

archive context

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Source trail

PubHub has 89 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 Blue Anchor has 89 readable Boards.ie memory signals around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, atmosphere and rituals and customs. The strongest current lead points into "Real life v.s. Online personality"; 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 8 regulars-or-room-texture signals.

Story, gossip and history leads

  1. Real life v.s. Online personality

    2012 · characters, memory, story · lead score 144

  2. RTE and the Licence FEE

    2011 · story · lead score 124

  3. Charities

    2007 · story · lead score 124

  4. What do News Readers Talk About at The End of The News Cast?

    2005 · story · lead score 124

  5. 2017 Irish Gigs (rumours & confirmed events)

    2009 · story · lead score 124

Characters and room texture

  1. Real life v.s. Online personality

    2012 · characters, memory, story · lead score 144

  2. Social media users accuse CNN of ‘fake news’ over ‘staged’ London attack pro

    2017 · story · lead score 123

  3. ''Ireland beutiful but bland''

    2009 · characters · lead score 115

  4. Life Goals 30+

    2001 · characters · lead score 115

  5. Toy City, is it closed??

    2008 · characters · lead score 115

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 Blue Anchor has 89 readable Boards.ie memory matches around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, atmosphere and 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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Boards.ie readable-first raw review queue

Memory shape

Stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, atmosphere and rituals and customs

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.

Regulars and characters

Boards.ie memory links this pub with regulars, bar characters, staff roles, or social texture around the room.

Room atmosphere

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

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
    Aretha Franklin RIP

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  2. 2
    After hours no longer a safe place for irreverent humour.

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  3. 3
    Steven Avery (making a murderer) Guilty or innocent?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  4. 4
  5. 5
    Belvedere Students Criticised for Sleepout

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  6. 6
    The Irish suicide question

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  7. 7
  8. 8
    stupidly innocent things you did as a kid

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  9. 9
    Fox News interviewer gets torn a new one.

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  10. 10
    Chris Hansen: Why don't you have a seat over here?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  11. 11
    Chris Hansen: Why don't you have a seat over here?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  12. 12
    when a parent dies, why do we have selective memories

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  13. 13
    Homeless people with phones and ipods?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  14. 14
    Whats all this boll0cks about 3D?

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  15. 15
    Whats the nicest thing anyone ever done for you?

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  16. 16
    Why The Church Can Go and Fup Off

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  17. 17
    And we think America is bad...

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  18. 18
    TV Licence

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  19. 19
    It wasn't Bosco but...

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  20. 20
    This is what "Internet" looked like 15 years ago. LOL

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  21. 21
    This is what "Internet" looked like 15 years ago. LOL

    2000Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  22. 22
    2017 Irish Gigs (rumours & confirmed events)

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  23. 23
    Catherine Connolly

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  24. 24
    Catherine Connolly

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  25. 25
    Catherine Connolly

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  26. 26
    Killaloe stag

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  27. 27
    Friday night in Killaloe

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  28. 28
  29. 29
    Real life v.s. Online personality

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  30. 30
  31. 31
    Kid Goes Viral Because Of Accent (VID)

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  32. 32
    I reported a video on Youtube for the first time.

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  33. 33
    Papa Smurf Has Died

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  34. 34
    Silly stuff your parents said

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  35. 35
    Would the USA ever fup off!

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  36. 36
    Who wants a war?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  37. 37
    Who wants a war?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  38. 38
  39. 39
    which Power Ranger did you want to be??

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  40. 40
    What do News Readers Talk About at The End of The News Cast?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  41. 41
    Can I get a bagel?

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  42. 42
    Tuam shopping centre

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  43. 43
    TK Maxx

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  44. 44
    Toy City, is it closed??

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  45. 45
    New Shopping Centre....

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  46. 46
    New Shopping Centre....

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  47. 47
    New Shopping Centre....

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  48. 48
    After Hours Exit Poll

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  49. 49
    Drink Driving

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  50. 50
  51. 51
  52. 52
    How hard are the people of after hours

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  53. 53
    Charities

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  54. 54
    Where were you on September 11th 2001?

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  55. 55
    Lidi in Oranmore

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  56. 56
    Lidi in Oranmore

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  57. 57
    Newgate Centre gets go ahead

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  58. 58
    Ferrybank Shopping Centre...?

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  59. 59
    The Kay Burley Appreciation Thread. Mod Note Post 1

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  60. 60
    End automatic citizenship for Irish Born children

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  61. 61
  62. 62
    Fox News gone

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  63. 63
  64. 64
    Timidity of the British Media

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  65. 65
    Timidity of the British Media

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  66. 66
    Life Goals 30+

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  67. 67
    BE VIGILANT

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  68. 68
    What goes on behind closed windows?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  69. 69
    RTE and the Licence FEE

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  70. 70
    Funny school stories

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  71. 71
    Date-rape drink spiking 'an urban legend'

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  72. 72
    ''Ireland beutiful but bland''

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  73. 73
    Most painfull accident

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  74. 74
    Shops/Businesses opening/closing

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  75. 75
    Council want to improve Salthill

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  76. 76
    Crown Square Mervue

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  77. 77
    No more Blackrock raft

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  78. 78
    No more Blackrock raft

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  79. 79
    NAMA sells Elysian and Ballincollig Shopping Centre

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  80. 80
    Hot Guitars what a band

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  81. 81
    Debenhams Mahon Point closing ?

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  82. 82
    Adventures on the bible boat

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  83. 83
    Adventures on the bible boat

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  84. 84
    Radio DBSC livestream radio commentary v Athlone Town

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  85. 85
    Ghost estates in and near the city

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  86. 86
    New Shopping Centre

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  87. 87
    New Shopping Centre

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  88. 88
    Tesco, every little hurts?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  89. 89
    Parking meters erected in Tesco Carpark

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

Boards.ie forum memory

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