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THE AMERICAN BAR Listed

123 THE QUAY, WATERFORD

Address123 THE QUAY, WATERFORD
CountyWaterford
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Memory archive

Boards.ie memory links The American Bar with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, atmosphere 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 charactersRoom atmosphere

41 source leads · 2001-2017

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Community memory

Memory archive

Boards.ie community memory

Characters and room texture

Quiet-night regulars

“renraw wrote: Just thought I’d ask everyone how drunk they get when they head out on the piss? I moved into a...”

How drunk do you get? · 2008

Forum memory, linked to the source thread. Request a rewrite, refresh, or removal if the wording or match is wrong.

Archive time depth

2001-2017

16 years of archive-metadata distance across 40 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

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Flagship memory draft

The American Bar: Boards.ie memory worth building out

Boards.ie gives The American 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.

The archive has 41 readable signals for The American Bar, with enough repetition to make this a good candidate for a fuller memory page. The useful material is the pattern: what people returned to, joked about, remembered, or argued over.

The character lane is active here: 6 signals point toward regulars, staff-memory, crowds, roles, and room texture. PubHub should keep private people protected while preserving the sense of the room.

The source trail currently preserves 41 unique Boards.ie URLs for review. The dated archive span visible on the page is 2001-2017.

Generated V1 flagship draft. Before turning this into stronger editorial copy, open the linked sources, check pub identity, and keep corrections/removals easy.

Boards.ie editor brief

Readable memory note

Boards.ie gives The American Bar a source-linked forum-memory trail around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and room characters, atmosphere and music and sessions, with 41 readable signals preserved for review. The character lane adds 6 room-texture signals, pointing to regulars, crowds, roles or recurring pub talk without treating forum memory as verified fact.

41 readable signals 6 character signals
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This is an editor brief from source-linked forum memory. It is not a verified pub fact, and sensitive private-person claims stay out of public copy.

Stories and local colour

Gossip, odd details and pub atmosphere

The archive has 41 readable signals for The American Bar, with enough repetition to make this a good candidate for a fuller memory page. The useful material is the pattern: what people returned to, joked about, remembered, or argued over.

story gossip

What people were talking about

Boards.ie gives The American Bar 41 readable forum-memory signals around older recollections, changed routines, remembered visits, and traces of how the pub lived in people's routes, story-shaped forum talk, rumours, local claims, and fragments that could become fuller pub stories, regulars, staff-memory, room characters, crowds, and the social texture around the pub, recommendations, atmosphere, room feel, and how people described the place and music, singing, gigs, sessions, and the sound of the pub in forum memory. 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.

Source-linked story leads

  1. McCann objects against Brewery Complex

    2006 · characters, memory, story

  2. The Showboat Pub still up for sale

    2011 · memory, story

  3. Teresa Deevy

    2010 · characters, memory, story

  4. The Showboat Pub still up for sale

    2013 · 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.

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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What people were talking about

Boards.ie gives The American Bar 41 readable forum-memory signals around older recollections, changed routines, remembered visits, and traces of how the pub lived in people's routes, story-shaped forum talk, rumours, local claims, and fragments that could become fuller pub stories, regulars, staff-memory, room characters, crowds, and the social texture around the pub, recommendations, atmosphere, room feel, and how people described the place and music, singing, gigs, sessions, and the sound of the pub in forum memory. 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.

v1 forum memory

characters

Characters and room texture

The character lane has 6 signals for The American 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.

v1 forum memory

time_depth

Archive time depth

The American Bar has 40 dated source leads from 2001 to 2017, giving the page a 16-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 41 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 American Bar has 41 readable Boards.ie memory signals around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, atmosphere and music and sessions. The strongest current lead points into "McCann objects against Brewery Complex"; 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 6 regulars-or-room-texture signals.

Story, gossip and history leads

  1. McCann objects against Brewery Complex

    2006 · characters, memory, story · lead score 149

  2. The Showboat Pub still up for sale

    2011 · memory, story · lead score 143

  3. Teresa Deevy

    2010 · characters, memory, story · lead score 141

  4. The Showboat Pub still up for sale

    2013 · memory, story · lead score 135

  5. Anyone else getting sick of smartphones?

    2012 · characters, memory · lead score 127

Characters and room texture

  1. McCann objects against Brewery Complex

    2006 · characters, memory, story · lead score 149

  2. Teresa Deevy

    2010 · characters, memory, story · lead score 141

  3. Anyone else getting sick of smartphones?

    2012 · characters, memory · lead score 127

  4. Are we becoming too Americanized, dudes?

    2005 · characters, memory · lead score 127

  5. How drunk do you get?

    2008 · music and sessions, memory · lead score 120

Archive profile

A Boards.ie forum trail

The American Bar has 41 readable Boards.ie memory matches around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, atmosphere 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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Memory shape

Old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, atmosphere 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.

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
    Philando Castile Shooting

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  2. 2
  3. 3
    Petrol Bomb Attack in Waterford - 2 children badly burned

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  4. 4
  5. 5
    Amish.

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  6. 6
    How drunk do you get?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  7. 7
    How drunk do you get?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  8. 8
    How Bad are the Fireworks?

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 87

  9. 9
    McCann objects against Brewery Complex

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  10. 10
    Best italian pizza waterford?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  11. 11
    Waterford museum of Treasures

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  12. 12
    Teresa Deevy

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  13. 13
  14. 14
    Can this be true???

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  15. 15
    Dramatic new photos show true horror of the 9/11 attacks

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  16. 16
    2022 Irish Gigs (Confirmed & Rumoured Events)

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  17. 17
    The Showboat Pub still up for sale

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  18. 18
    The Showboat Pub still up for sale

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  19. 19
    Salvation at last!?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  20. 20
    Salvation at last!?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  21. 21
    Salvation at last!?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  22. 22
    News and star - Marks and Spencer's interested in area

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  23. 23
    New City Centre Newsagents

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  24. 24
    Cringeworthy irish traditions that won't just die

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  25. 25
    Nineteen wives

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  26. 26
    €300M Investment into Waterford City

    2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  27. 27
    TH Doolans up for sale for €330K, owners decided to retire

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 81

  28. 28
    Iceland Coming to Waterford

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86

  29. 29
    Any American Football Fans?

    2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  30. 30
    Any American Football Fans?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  31. 31
  32. 32
  33. 33
    Are we becoming too Americanized, dudes?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  34. 34
    Anyone else getting sick of smartphones?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  35. 35
    Bomb in Derry - first since bowing at garden of remberance

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  36. 36
    Muaiklb 6th Birthday - 5 Hour Collabs Jam

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  37. 37
    City Square Sold

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  38. 38
    City Square Sold

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  39. 39
    1848 Tricolour Festival

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  40. 40
    Nearly killed on the Ardkeen Stores Roundabout

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 85

  41. 41
    Good jobs news

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 87

Boards.ie forum memory

Boards.ie memory links The American Bar with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, atmosphere 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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Boards.ie sprint target

Next memory action for this pub

This pub is in the current Boards.ie Memory Productization Sprint. The goal is to turn useful forum traces, gossip, characters, regulars and source leads into readable public memory without treating them as verified facts.

Flagship editorial polish source checked editorial polish Score 351 flagship_editorial_polish-01
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Operator next step

Open the source links and turn the strongest themes into tighter, readable page copy without overclaiming.

Make the page feel alive without overclaiming: name the recurring themes, describe the room texture, and invite corrections or extra memories.

Browse the full lane on the Boards.ie sprint board.