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BAYLOUGH, ATHLONE, Westmeath

AddressBAYLOUGH, ATHLONE
CountyWestmeath
PlaceAthlone
Licence refATP058

Community memory

Memory archive

Boards.ie memory links Shines Bar with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, nights out and craic 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.

Old memoriesStories and gossipRegulars and charactersNights out

65 source leads · 1999-2020

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Community memory

Memory archive

Archive time depth

1999-2020

21 years of archive-metadata distance across 61 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

19992001200420052006200720082009
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. Troll sentenced to 18 weeks in prison.

    2008 · story

  2. Ricky Gervais

    2008 · memory, story

  3. well...how bad is your sunburn

    2010 · story

  4. Youtube and animal cruelty

    2006 · 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 65 readable matches for Shines 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 Shines 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

Shines Bar has 61 dated source leads from 1999 to 2020, giving the page a 21-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 65 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

Shines Bar has 65 readable Boards.ie memory signals around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, nights out and craic and rituals and customs. The strongest current lead points into "Troll sentenced to 18 weeks in prison."; 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. Troll sentenced to 18 weeks in prison.

    2008 · story · lead score 132

  2. Ricky Gervais

    2008 · memory, story · lead score 130

  3. well...how bad is your sunburn

    2010 · story · lead score 124

  4. Youtube and animal cruelty

    2006 · memory, story · lead score 117

  5. Things that are still around... even after so many years.

    2004 · memory, story · lead score 117

Characters and room texture

  1. Poet, Activist, Parkinson's sufferer and Granny (80), likes her porridge.

    2008 · characters · lead score 116

  2. Poet, Activist, Parkinson's sufferer and Granny (80), likes her porridge.

    2014 · characters · lead score 116

  3. Poet, Activist, Parkinson's sufferer and Granny (80), likes her porridge.

    2012 · characters · lead score 116

  4. Key city workers, such as Gardai and nurses, to get 30% of their rent paid by State

    2015 · characters · lead score 115

  5. John Connors is a bit of a wanker

    2012 · story · 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

Shines Bar has 65 readable Boards.ie memory matches around old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, nights out and craic 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

Old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, nights out and craic 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.

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.

Nights out

Boards.ie memory links this pub with nights out, banter, sessions, or lively pub-going talk.

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
    Members of AGS: notorious cheaters?

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  2. 2
    Are the Irish too mollycoddled by their parents.

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  3. 3
    Are the Irish too mollycoddled by their parents.

    2016Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  4. 4
    Are the Irish too mollycoddled by their parents.

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  5. 5
    Plagiarism in Music.

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  6. 6
    RTE needs some new stuff

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
    Justice in Ireland - Poor?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  12. 12
    The crisp, is out there...

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  13. 13
    Misheard song lyrics

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  14. 14
    The 'ONE'.

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  15. 15
    No one is coming to my wedding?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  16. 16
    John Connors is a bit of a wanker

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  17. 17
    Ricky Gervais

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  18. 18
    Ricky Gervais

    2019Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  19. 19
    Ricky Gervais

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  20. 20
    Biggest scandal in your workplace (Mod Note in OP)

    2017Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  21. 21
    Why does everybody hate Ray D' Arcy all of a sudden?

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  22. 22
    Best films/performances not to win Oscar...

    2013Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  23. 23
  24. 24
    If we arrive on an alien planet what would we do?

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  25. 25
    Shooting aliens in the God damn face.

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  26. 26
    Shooting aliens in the God damn face.

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  27. 27
    Alcohol AND drugs

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  28. 28
    Alcohol AND drugs

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  29. 29
    Alcohol AND drugs

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  30. 30
    Things that are still around... even after so many years.

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  31. 31
    Do you think you are a good person?

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  32. 32
    Best one hit wonders?

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  33. 33
    Your Online Persona/Personality V's 'Real Life'?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  34. 34
    UK Terror Attacks?

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  35. 35
    UK Terror Attacks?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  36. 36
    Looks VS Personality

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  37. 37
    a happy story and a thanks to boards.ie

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  38. 38
    India. weird or wonderful?

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  39. 39
    Al Porter Scandal

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  40. 40
    Al Porter Scandal

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  41. 41
    How to Escape Christmas

    2011Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  42. 42
    Airbnb is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

    2009Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  43. 43
    General Practitioner experiences

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  44. 44
    Troll sentenced to 18 weeks in prison.

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  45. 45
    Youtube and animal cruelty

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  46. 46
    2018 Irish Gigs (Rumours & Confirmed Events)

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 82

  47. 47
    Video of Supermacs bouncers last night

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  48. 48
    Are The Irish Underestimated

    2020Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  49. 49
    Are The Irish Underestimated

    2015Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  50. 50
    #MeToo has caught on, good thing or bad thing ?

    Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  51. 51
    well...how bad is your sunburn

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  52. 52
    well...how bad is your sunburn

    2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  53. 53
    well...how bad is your sunburn

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  54. 54
    The Jobbridge Scandal

    2012Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  55. 55
    After Hours - the year ahead

    2014Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  56. 56
    Why does Ireland have a reputation for it raining a lot?

    1999Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  57. 57
    We Are The 99%

    2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  58. 58
    Which forum(s) is "Your" forum?

    2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  59. 59
    Gaaaaaahhh!!!!

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  60. 60
    Gaaaaaahhh!!!!

    2007Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  61. 61
    Live Long and Die Out...

    2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 80

  62. 62
    the day you were born!!!

    2001Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

  63. 63
  64. 64
  65. 65
    Two new housing developments for Dunshaughlin?

    2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 75

Boards.ie forum memory

Boards.ie memory links Shines Bar with old memories, stories and gossip, regulars and characters, nights out and craic 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.

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