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SHANNON HARBOUR, BIRR, Offaly

AddressSHANNON HARBOUR, BIRR
CountyOffaly
PlaceBirr
Licence refTUP399

Community memory

Memory archive

Boards.ie memory links Canal Bar with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and local colour. 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 gossipRegulars and charactersRituals and customs

165 source leads · 2001-2021

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Community memory

Memory archive

Archive time depth

2001-2021

20 years of archive-metadata distance across 153 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

20012002200320042005200620072008
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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. When were you last at the Dentist?

    2019 · characters, memory, story

  2. Confession time........

    2009 · memory, story

  3. Suburb after suburb after suburb...

    2001 · characters, story

  4. If you breast feed, you're wrong...

    2005 · 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 165 readable matches for Canal 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 17 signals for Canal 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.

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time_depth

Archive time depth

Canal Bar has 153 dated source leads from 2001 to 2021, giving the page a 20-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 165 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

Canal Bar has 165 readable Boards.ie memory signals around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and local colour. The strongest current lead points into "When were you last at the Dentist?"; 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 17 regulars-or-room-texture signals.

Story, gossip and history leads

  1. When were you last at the Dentist?

    2019 · characters, memory, story · lead score 140

  2. Confession time........

    2009 · memory, story · lead score 127

  3. Suburb after suburb after suburb...

    2001 · characters, story · lead score 127

  4. Royal Canal Greenway

    2005 · characters, memory · lead score 127

  5. If you breast feed, you're wrong...

    2005 · memory, story · lead score 127

Characters and room texture

  1. When were you last at the Dentist?

    2019 · characters, memory, story · lead score 140

  2. Suburb after suburb after suburb...

    2001 · characters, story · lead score 127

  3. Royal Canal Greenway

    2005 · characters, memory · lead score 127

  4. Be honest. Is "mail order bride" one of your reactions?

    2010 · characters, story · lead score 119

  5. Trevor Deely case - new witness

    2008 · characters, memory · lead score 119

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

Canal Bar has 165 readable Boards.ie memory matches around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and local colour. PubHub V1 publishes this as forum memory: what people said online, connected back to source posts where possible.

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Memory shape

Old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and local colour

Correction loop

If the page is wrong or unfair, use the correction path and PubHub can update or remove it.

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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.

Regulars and characters

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

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
    When were you last at the Dentist?

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  2. 2
    When were you last at the Dentist?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  3. 3
    When were you last at the Dentist?

    2019Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
    The dreaded dentist

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  8. 8
    The dreaded dentist

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  9. 9
    The dreaded dentist

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  10. 10
    Why do people graffiti?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  11. 11
    Why do people graffiti?

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  12. 12
    No justice in this country

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  13. 13
    Dentist Rant

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  14. 14
    Cities you would definitely return to?

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  15. 15
  16. 16
  17. 17
    Have you been to the Dentist recently?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  18. 18
    Have you been to the Dentist recently?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  19. 19
    Worst/funniest/stupid comebacks/insults youve heard

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  20. 20
    found 6 grand in a bag

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  21. 21
    Hookers Hate Parked Buses

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  22. 22
    ever got a warning?

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  23. 23
    Stone Roses Heaton Park

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  24. 24
    Belle & Sebastian - Grand Canal Theatre, Dec 3rd

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  25. 25
    Unprovoked assault, playground at the canal Thursday night 2.30

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  26. 26
    Unprovoked assault, playground at the canal Thursday night 2.30

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  27. 27
    fas placement service office

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  28. 28
    fas placement service office

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  29. 29
    CCTV around the NUIG area, on public roads

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  30. 30
    Walking paths along Meath's rivers

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  31. 31
    Royal Canal Tow Path

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  32. 32
    local outdoor swimming spots

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  33. 33
    This can't go on.

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  34. 34
    This can't go on.

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  35. 35
    This can't go on.

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  36. 36
    21 Year Old Ross Hanlon missing in Vienna.

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  37. 37
    Push bikes with an engine

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  38. 38
    Guards deny innocent woman her malteasers

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  39. 39
    Guards deny innocent woman her malteasers

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  40. 40
    Cultural and historical facts that amaze you

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  41. 41
    Should every body visit Las Vegas at least once in their lives?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  42. 42
    Should every body visit Las Vegas at least once in their lives?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  43. 43
    Black Guy who lives opposite Phibsboro Bus garage?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  44. 44
    Ireland's oldest woman has passed away

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  45. 45
    Horse Laziness

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  46. 46
    Horse Laziness

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  47. 47
    Horse Laziness

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  48. 48
    What have you learnt from After Hours?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  49. 49
    Woman's body found in holdall bag

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  50. 50
    Woman's body found in holdall bag

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  51. 51
    Weirdest thing you've done on a night out?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  52. 52
    I'm so hungover my face is actually gone green.

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  53. 53
    I'm so hungover my face is actually gone green.

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  54. 54
    After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  55. 55
    After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  56. 56
    After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  57. 57
    After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  58. 58
    After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  59. 59
    After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  60. 60
    After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  61. 61
    After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  62. 62
    After Hours, one and only Queen thread

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  63. 63
    What would Ireland be like if the UK didn't exist?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  64. 64
    What would Ireland be like if the UK didn't exist?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  65. 65
  66. 66
    Drunken fool walks into Canal

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  67. 67
    Break the lights and ill break yours

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  68. 68
    Prostitution in Ireland

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  69. 69
    If you breast feed, you're wrong...

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  70. 70
    Call to legalese brothels in Ireland.

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  71. 71
    Pissing in Public?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  72. 72
    Flying Insects

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  73. 73
    Knacker Drinking

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  74. 74
    Urban Gaeltacht proposed for Nun’s Island

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  75. 75
    Just been trollied!!

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  76. 76
    Just been trollied!!

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  77. 77
    Royal Canal Greenway

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  78. 78
    Royal Canal Greenway

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  79. 79
    Royal Canal Greenway

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  80. 80
    Clonsilla village

    2021Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  81. 81
    Luas Greenline to go to Broombridge

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  82. 82
    Luas Greenline to go to Broombridge

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  83. 83
    Porterstown Canal Tragedy 1845

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  84. 84
    The beauty of A Christmas Carol

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  85. 85
    Do you know anyone who was/is homeless?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  86. 86
    Al Porter Scandal

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  87. 87
    Dentist,

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  88. 88
    Going to the dentist?

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  89. 89
    Bomb scare in Connolly Station

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  90. 90
    Bomb scare in Connolly Station

    2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  91. 91
    Hotel Cancels Pro life event due to Intimidation.

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  92. 92
    Suburb after suburb after suburb...

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  93. 93
    Gay Old Par-eee

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  94. 94
    Odd things you have seen.

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  95. 95
    Odd things you have seen.

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  96. 96
    What news coverage will you always remember

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  97. 97
    Best pranks you've pulled

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  98. 98
    London lucky to survive The Blitz.

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  99. 99
    Nostalgia..

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  100. 100
    Good Friday!

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  101. 101
    Litre of Spirits Safe????

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  102. 102
    Litre of Spirits Safe????

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  103. 103
    for people from the southside

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  104. 104
    for people from the southside

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  105. 105
    for people from the southside

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  106. 106
    CCTV on the canal

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  107. 107
    Beware Bulgaria

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  108. 108
    Knackers

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  109. 109
    Knackers

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  110. 110
    Weirdest (or funniest) story you've heard from a Taxi Driver

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  111. 111
    The Scissor Sisters

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  112. 112
    I love the Garda !!!!!!!

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  113. 113
    my first dealings with the gardaí

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  114. 114
    2018 Irish Gigs (Rumours & Confirmed Events)

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  115. 115
    2018 Irish Gigs (Rumours & Confirmed Events)

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  116. 116
    u2 tickets back up, i think

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  117. 117
    u2 tickets back up, i think

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  118. 118
    Music in registry office

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  119. 119
    Dirty city canals

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  120. 120
    Massive invasive rat now living on the canal.

    2019Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  121. 121
    Massive invasive rat now living on the canal.

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  122. 122
    Body found at 12th lock in canal.

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  123. 123
    Body found at 12th lock in canal.

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  124. 124
    Body found at 12th lock in canal.

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  125. 125
    Aldi Clonsilla

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  126. 126
    Your favorite Irish county

    2020Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  127. 127
    Your favorite Irish county

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  128. 128
    Trevor Deely case - new witness

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  129. 129
    Trevor Deely case - new witness

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  130. 130
    Trevor Deely case - new witness

    2019Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  131. 131
    Trevor Deely case - new witness

    2019Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  132. 132
    What a bunch of eeJITS

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  133. 133
    What a bunch of eeJITS

    2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  134. 134
    Recruitment for British army soars in Republic of Ireland

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  135. 135
    First time at the dentist in 11 years

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  136. 136
    Rick Parfitt RIP

    2002Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  137. 137
  138. 138
    How is crime in your town/area?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  139. 139
    Would you live on a barge?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  140. 140
    Would you live on a barge?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  141. 141
    Increase rent allowance Vs. Rent Control

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  142. 142
    Be honest. Is "mail order bride" one of your reactions?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  143. 143
  144. 144
  145. 145
  146. 146
    Confession time........

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  147. 147
    Have you ever been to a Musical?

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  148. 148
    Tragedy - water safety

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  149. 149
    What's the most random thing to happen to you?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

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  151. 151
    30 million spent on connecting the Royal Canal and the Shannon?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  152. 152
    30 million spent on connecting the Royal Canal and the Shannon?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  153. 153
    30 million spent on connecting the Royal Canal and the Shannon?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  154. 154
    30 million spent on connecting the Royal Canal and the Shannon?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  155. 155
    Have you ever walked a railway line to explore?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  156. 156
    Waking up deaf!

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  157. 157
    Laser Dental Treatment

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  158. 158
    Swan Rescue

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  159. 159
    McDonagh's youtube comedy

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  160. 160
    McDonagh's youtube comedy

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  161. 161
    French Film Festival

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  162. 162
    Boat aground

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  163. 163
    Fingal Parking Rates Increases

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  164. 164
    Castleknock 12th Lock

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

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    Dentist

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

Boards.ie forum memory

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