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THE CHESTNUT BAR Mapped

GREEN STREET, BIRR, Offaly

AddressGREEN STREET, BIRR
CountyOffaly
PlaceBirr
Licence refTUP055

Community memory

Memory archive

Boards.ie memory links The Chestnut Bar with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs 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.

Old memoriesStories and gossipRegulars and charactersRituals and customs

89 source leads · 2000-2019

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Community memory

Memory archive

Archive time depth

2000-2019

19 years of archive-metadata distance across 88 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. Chestnut Trees

    2005 · characters, memory, story preface

  2. Attack in Hillview

    2008 · story

  3. Shocking snake story; what pets would you ban?

    2011 · 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 Chestnut 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 11 signals for The Chestnut 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

The Chestnut Bar has 88 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 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 Chestnut Bar has 89 readable Boards.ie memory signals around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and music and sessions. The strongest current lead points into "Chestnut Trees"; 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 11 regulars-or-room-texture signals.

Story, gossip and history leads

  1. Chestnut Trees

    2005 · characters, memory, story preface · lead score 135

  2. Does Coriander taste awful to you?

    2012 · characters, memory · lead score 134

  3. Attack in Hillview

    2008 · story · lead score 129

  4. Chestnut Trees

    2010 · memory · lead score 129

  5. Shocking snake story; what pets would you ban?

    2011 · story · lead score 129

Characters and room texture

  1. Chestnut Trees

    2005 · characters, memory, story preface · lead score 135

  2. Does Coriander taste awful to you?

    2012 · characters, memory · lead score 134

  3. The fat v thin battles rages on

    2005 · characters, story · lead score 127

  4. Renting is dead money

    2010 · characters, memory · lead score 127

  5. competitive eating

    2007 · characters, memory · lead score 127

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 Chestnut Bar has 89 readable Boards.ie memory matches around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs 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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Boards.ie readable-first raw review queue

Memory shape

Old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and music and sessions

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.

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
    Vegetarian

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  2. 2
    Vegetarian

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  3. 3
    Will marketing beat religion?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  4. 4
    Will marketing beat religion?

    2019Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  5. 5
    Parents smacking children to be banned in Scotland .....

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  6. 6
    Man sues ex-fiancée for $30,000 engagement ring

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 87

  7. 7
    I FECKING HATE SPIDERS!!!

    2000Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  8. 8
    I FECKING HATE SPIDERS!!!

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  9. 9
    How do you dress on a night out

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  10. 10
    ITICA National Fish & Chips Day 2014

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  11. 11
    Ever have one of those "Oh, that was close moments"

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 87

  12. 12
    Wonderful or Selfish?

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  13. 13
    Shocking snake story; what pets would you ban?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  14. 14
    it's expensive because it's artisic!?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  15. 15
    How much will ya do for cash?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  16. 16
    Things you did as a kid

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  17. 17
  18. 18
    "Black Economy" -Right or wrong?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  19. 19
    "Black Economy" -Right or wrong?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  20. 20
    Cllr fined for throwing paint at Mary Harney

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  21. 21
    Einstein the 6 lb horse

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  22. 22
    Chestnut Trees

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  23. 23
    Chestnut Trees

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  24. 24
    bishops hall riding stables

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  25. 25
  26. 26
    What are ye eatin'? (NOW WITH DRINKING!!!)

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  27. 27
    What do you miss about childhood?

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  28. 28
    How come

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  29. 29
    If there were a referendum tomorrow, would you leave the EU?

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  30. 30
  31. 31
    competitive eating

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  32. 32
    Does Coriander taste awful to you?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  33. 33
    Can people be "serious" on After Hours?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  34. 34
    Southern Ireland

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  35. 35
    Southern Ireland

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  36. 36
    Southern Ireland

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  37. 37
    Sligo Grammar School ? **mod warning post #33**

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  38. 38
    Sligo Grammar School ? **mod warning post #33**

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  39. 39
    Sligo Grammar School ? **mod warning post #33**

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  40. 40
    Industries based on your stupidity

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  41. 41
    Christmas decorations on November 9

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  42. 42
    Renting is dead money

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  43. 43
    Renting is dead money

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  44. 44
    Renting is dead money

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  45. 45
    Renting is dead money

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  46. 46
    Rock pools,worms, conkers, forts and fire's

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  47. 47
    roast chestnuts

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  48. 48
    roast chestnuts

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  49. 49
    roast chestnuts

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  50. 50
    State Situations Vacant

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  51. 51
    Fluoride- Declan Waugh in Hotpress

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  52. 52
    After Hours super duper mega Christmas thread 2012...

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  53. 53
    After Hours super duper mega Christmas thread 2012...

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  54. 54
    3 students in the chip shop

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  55. 55
    3 students in the chip shop

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  56. 56
    Bathroom tap water drinkable?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  57. 57
    The fat v thin battles rages on

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  58. 58
    Avoiding Ticketmaster fees

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  59. 59
    Indie'go World Music Festival

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  60. 60
    Fibber McGee's

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 87

  61. 61
    Fibber McGee's

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  62. 62
    Fibber McGee's

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  63. 63
    Fibber McGee's

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  64. 64
    Dooner family

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  65. 65
    Whats your story

    2018Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  66. 66
    Whats your story

    2019Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  67. 67
    Whats your story

    2018Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  68. 68
    Worst year ever for music?

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  69. 69
    Worst year ever for music?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  70. 70
    Children at weddings

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  71. 71
    Should false accusations of rape carry tougher sentences?

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  72. 72
    The *ONLY* After Hours thread about the European Championships.

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  73. 73
    "I'm As Serious As Cancer When I Say Rhythm Is A Dancer!"

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  74. 74
    Parking outside schools

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  75. 75
    Parking outside schools

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  76. 76
    Floraphilia- should it be legal?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  77. 77
    What's Your Favourite Breakfast?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  78. 78
    Death sentence

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  79. 79
    Death sentence

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  80. 80
    Do you care..

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  81. 81
    Do you care..

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  82. 82
    Do you care..

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  83. 83
    Do you care..

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  84. 84
    Live music in New York

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  85. 85
    Live music in New York

    2000Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  86. 86
    The Bish move to Dangan

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  87. 87
    Back to Galway

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 77

  88. 88
    Attack in Hillview

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  89. 89
    Attack in Hillview

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

Boards.ie forum memory

Boards.ie memory links The Chestnut Bar with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, rituals and customs 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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