Memory archive
114 reviewed memory pages from 136 licensed pubs (83.8%). 22 pub pages still invite memories and sources.
Boards.ie memory links Barry's Pub with old memories, stories and gossip 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.
Boards.ie memory links Beach Bar with old memories, stories and gossip, local colour, regulars and characters 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.
Boards.ie memory links Bensons with old memories, local colour, rituals and customs and regulars and characters. 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.
Boards.ie memory links Blue Lagoon Pub with stories and gossip, old memories, 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.
Boards.ie memory links Brees Strandhill with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, music and sessions 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.
Boards.ie memory links Cavanaghs with old memories, stories and gossip, story leads and atmosphere. 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.
Boards.ie memory links Cawleys Hotel with old memories, local colour, regulars and characters, nights out and craic and story leads. 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.
Boards.ie memory links Clayton Hotel Sligo with stories and gossip, old memories, music and sessions and regulars and characters. 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.
Community memory is labelled separately from verified pub facts. Raw forum excerpts and named private-person claims stay out of public county pages.
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Boards.ie stories and characters
These are source-linked forum memory trails, not verified pub facts. PubHub keeps the useful colour visible while leaving raw excerpts, private-person claims and anything sensitive out until review.
Story/local colour
Boards.ie memory links The Address Sligo with stories and gossip, old memories, 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.
Story/local colour
Boards.ie memory links The Flying Horse 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.
Story/local colour
Boards.ie memory links The May Queen with stories and gossip, old memories, rituals and customs, regulars and characters 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.
Characters/room memory
The Address Sligo has 1844 readable Boards.ie memory signals around stories and gossip, old memories, regulars and characters, rituals and customs and local colour. The strongest current lead points into "Secret Santa(new Thread)"; 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 308 regulars-or-room-texture signals.
Characters/room memory
The Flying Horse has 1647 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 "redcove inn"; 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 156 regulars-or-room-texture signals.
Characters/room memory
The May Queen has 1227 readable Boards.ie memory signals around stories and gossip, old memories, rituals and customs, regulars and characters and music and sessions. The strongest current lead points into "Stop having kids to save the planet?"; 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 128 regulars-or-room-texture signals.
Best next sprint use: review the highest-signal cards, pull out safe lore and room texture, then invite locals to correct, add names for old pub nicknames, or remove anything that feels off.
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Boards.ie memory picks
30 source-linked Boards.ie memory pages from Sligo are in the flagship discovery lane, with gossip, characters, room texture and old forum history preserved as labelled memory.
Flagship Boards.ie memory
Boards.ie gives John Michael Doddy a useful forum-memory trail around stories and gossip, old memories, characters and regulars, rituals and house habits and nights out and craic. PubHub is treating it as linked public memory, not settled fact.
Flagship Boards.ie memory
Boards.ie gives The Old Forge a useful forum-memory trail around old memories, stories and gossip, characters and regulars, local colour and room atmosphere. PubHub is treating it as linked public memory, not settled fact.
Flagship Boards.ie memory
Boards.ie gives Beach Bar a useful forum-memory trail around old memories, stories and gossip, local colour, characters and regulars and music and sessions. PubHub is treating it as linked public memory, not settled fact.
Flagship Boards.ie memory
Boards.ie gives Embassy Rooms a useful forum-memory trail around old memories, stories and gossip, rituals and house habits, characters and regulars and nights out and craic. PubHub is treating it as linked public memory, not settled fact.
Flagship Boards.ie memory
Boards.ie gives The Cross Bar a useful forum-memory trail around old memories, stories and gossip, characters and regulars, room atmosphere and music and sessions. PubHub is treating it as linked public memory, not settled fact.
Flagship Boards.ie memory
Boards.ie gives David Mahony a useful forum-memory trail around stories and gossip, characters and regulars, old memories, rituals and house habits and local colour. PubHub is treating it as linked public memory, not settled fact.
1 item from Sligo licensed premises — court, regulatory, industrial, or cultural — sourced from named outlets.
Paul Baker, who leased and ran The Cross Bar at Gurteen, was sentenced at Sligo Circuit Court to 27 months for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old employee at the bar.
Source: independent.ie ›
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