Community memory
Boards.ie memory links The Foggy Dew Inn with music and sessions, old memories, regulars and characters 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.
8 source leads · 2003-2010
Read source trailFrom the record · Verified background
Independent reporting and heritage records on this pub, drawn from a curated list of Irish news outlets, Revenue Commissioners, NIAH, and the Dictionary of Irish Architects. Every claim links to its primary source.
Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref WXP0011 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for THE FOGGY DEW INN at 114 SOUTH MAIN STREET, WEXFORD in CO. WEXFORD with MICHAEL MCDONALDS PUB LIMITED as licensee.[1] The Irish Independent reported that The Foggy Dew Inn in Wexford was badly damaged by a fire on 2021-02-08.[2]
Community memory
Boards.ie community memory
“W. G. Grace wrote: I use temple bar all the time, the PorterHouse, The Temple Bar, The Palace and the Foggy Dew...”
why are there no J D Wetherspoon pubs in ROI? · 2004Forum memory, linked to the source thread. Request a rewrite, refresh, or removal if the wording or match is wrong.
Archive time depth
7 years of archive-metadata distance across 7 dated Boards.ie archive leads.
Stories and local colour
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.
story gossip
Boards.ie gives The Foggy Dew Inn 8 readable forum-memory signals around music, singing, gigs, sessions, and the sound of the pub in forum memory, older recollections, changed routines, remembered visits, and traces of how the pub lived in people's routes, regulars, staff-memory, room characters, crowds, and the social texture around the pub and recommendations, atmosphere, room feel, and how people described the place. 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.
2003 · atmosphere, memory
atmosphere
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
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.
story_gossip
Boards.ie gives The Foggy Dew Inn 8 readable forum-memory signals around music, singing, gigs, sessions, and the sound of the pub in forum memory, older recollections, changed routines, remembered visits, and traces of how the pub lived in people's routes, regulars, staff-memory, room characters, crowds, and the social texture around the pub and recommendations, atmosphere, room feel, and how people described the place. 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.
characters
The character lane has 2 signals for The Foggy Dew Inn: 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.
time_depth
The Foggy Dew Inn has 7 dated source leads from 2003 to 2010, giving the page a 7-year archive trail. That gives the pub page a memory layer across time, not just a single mention.
source_depth
PubHub has 8 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.
Story leads
The Foggy Dew Inn has 8 readable Boards.ie memory signals around music and sessions, old memories, regulars and characters and atmosphere. The strongest current lead points into "why are there no J D Wetherspoon pubs in ROI?"; 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 2 regulars-or-room-texture signals.
2004 · characters · lead score 121
2010 · memory · lead score 118
2003 · atmosphere, memory · lead score 114
atmosphere · lead score 111
2006 · music and sessions · lead score 100
2004 · characters · lead score 121
atmosphere · lead score 111
2008 · characters · lead score 99
Archive profile
The Foggy Dew Inn has 8 readable Boards.ie memory matches around music and sessions, old memories, regulars and characters and atmosphere. PubHub V1 publishes this as forum memory: what people said online, connected back to source posts where possible.
V1 source
Boards.ie readable-first raw review queue
Memory shape
Music and sessions, old memories, regulars and characters and atmosphere
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.
Music and sessions
Boards.ie memory links this pub with music, sessions, singing, gigs, or pub-night rhythm.
Old memories
Boards.ie memory links this pub with older recollections, changed habits, former routines, or remembered visits.
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
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.
2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86
2010Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 82
2008Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 76
2006Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 82
2003Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86
2004Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86
2005Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 82
Boards V1 Raw Review MemoryScore 86
Boards.ie forum memory
Boards.ie memory links The Foggy Dew Inn with music and sessions, old memories, regulars and characters 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.
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