List of breweries in Ireland
This is a list of breweries in Ireland. Brewing has a long history in Ireland, the country's capital having been home to the largest brewery in the world, founded by Arthur Guinness in Dublin more than 250 years ago.
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With Irish people being the world's sixth biggest drinkers of beer,[1] there has been plenty of opportunity for new breweries to gain a share of the market, and a wide range of craft beers began appearing in the early years of the current century, produced at microbreweries and in brewpubs across the country.
Operational breweries
As of mid-2018, in addition to international/macro-breweries such as Guinness and Heineken, there were 75 independent craft breweries in operation in the Republic of Ireland, with many more in operation in Northern Ireland.[2] They include:
Brewery | Town | County | Founded |
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12 Acres Brewery | Killeshin | Laois | 2015 |
5 Lamps Brewery | Dublin | Dublin | 2012 |
9 White Deer Brewery[3] | Macroom | Cork | 2013 |
Ballykilcavan Brewery | Stradbally | Laois | 2016 |
Barrelhead Brewery | Dublin | Dublin | 2006 |
Black Donkey Brewing[1][3] | Ballinlough | Roscommon | 2014 |
Blacks Brewery[3] | Kinsale | Cork | 2013 |
Bo Bristle Brewing | Banagher | Offaly | 2010 |
Brehon Brewhouse[4][5] | Carrickmacross | Monaghan | 2014 |
Brown Paper Bag Project[1][6] | Dublin | Dublin | 2012 |
Brú Brewery[7][8] | Trim | Meath | 2013 |
Burren Brewery | Lisdoonvarna | Clare | 2011 |
Carlingford Brewing Company | Carlingford | Louth | 2014 |
Carlow Brewing Company[1][3] | Bagenalstown | Carlow | 1996 |
Carrig Brewing Company[3] | Drumshanbo | Leitrim | 2011 |
Crafty Divils[3] | Killorglin | Kerry | 2014 |
Dead Centre Brewing | Athlone | Westmeath | 2019 |
Donegal Brewing Company | Ballyshannon | Donegal | 2011 |
Drew Fox Brewing Company | Wexford | County Wexford | 2015 |
Dungarvan Brewing[3][8][5] | Dungarvan | Waterford | 2010 |
Eight Degrees Brewing (Irish Distillers)[1][3][6][8] | Mitchelstown | Cork | 2010 |
Four Provinces Brew. Co.[1] | Kimmage | Dublin | 2014 |
Franciscan Well Brewery[1][9][8][5] | Cork | Cork | 1998 |
Galway Bay Brewery[1] | Galway | Galway | 2005 |
Galway Hooker Brewery[3] | Oranmore | Galway | 2006 |
Guinness (Diageo)[10] | Dublin | Dublin | 1759 |
Hope Craft Brewery | Dublin | Dublin | 2016 |
J.W. Sweetman[3] | Dublin | Dublin | 2013 |
Kildare Brewing Company | Sallins | Kildare | 2017 |
Killarney Brewing Company[3] | Killarney | Kerry | 2015 |
Kinnegar Brewing[1][3] | Rathmullan | Donegal | 2012 |
LINEMAN | Rathcoole | Dublin | 2019 |
Lough Gill Brewery[1][3][5] | Sligo | Sligo | 2015 |
Manor Brewing Company[3] | Manor Kilbride | Wicklow | 2013 |
Rye River Brewing Company[3][8] | Celbridge | Kildare | 2014 |
Mescan Brewery[1][11] | Kilsallagh | Mayo | 2013 |
Metalman Brewing Company[1][3] | Waterford | Waterford | 2010 |
Mountain Man Brewing Company | West Cork | Cork | 2012 |
Muckish Mountain Brewery[12] | Creeslough | Donegal | 2014 |
Munster Brewery | Youghal | Cork | 2014 |
Murphy Brewery Ireland (Heineken)[13] | Cork | Cork | 1856 [14] |
N17 Brewery[1] | Tuam | Galway | 2014 |
Northbound Brewery | Eglinton | Derry | 2015 |
O Brother Brewing[3][5] | Kilcool | Wicklow | 2014 |
Porterhouse Brewing Company, The[3] | Dublin | Dublin | 1989 |
Rascals Brewing Company[1][3][8] | Rathcoole | Dublin | 2013 |
Reel Deel Brewery[1] | Crossmolina | Mayo | 2014 |
Rising Sons Brewery[8] | Cork | Cork | 2012 |
St. Mel's Brewing Company[1] | Longford | Longford | 2014 |
Stone Barrel Brewing Company | Dublin | Dublin | 2013 |
Sullivan's Brewing Company | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | 2016 |
Torc Brewing[15] | Killarney | Kerry | 2014 |
Treaty City Brewing Co | Limerick | Limerick | 2010 |
Trouble Brewing[1][3] | Kill | Kildare | 2009 |
West Cork Brewing Co. | Cork | Cork | 2014 |
West Kerry Brewery (Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne)[1][3] | Ballyferriter | Kerry | 2008 |
Whitewater Brewing Company Ltd.[1] | Castlewellan | County Down | 1996 |
White Gypsy Brewery[3] | Templemore | Tipperary | 1996 |
White Hag Brewery, The[1][3][5] | Ballymote | Sligo | 2014 |
Wicklow Brewery, The[3] | Redcross | Wicklow | 2014 |
Wicklow Wolf Brewing Company[1][3] | Bray | Wicklow | 2014 |
Wood Key Brewing[16] | Dublin | Dublin | 2015 |
YellowBelly Beer[5] | Wexford | Wexford | 2015 |
Defunct breweries
- Achill Island Brewery, Achill Island, Bunacurry, Mayo, 2014-2017 [17]
- Baile Brew 2014
- Biddy Early Brewpub, 2007
- Beamish and Crawford, Cork, 1792–2009 : relocated to Murphy's Brewery
- Big Hand Brewery, Dublin,
- Boyne Brewhouse, Drogheda, 2016-2019
- Brookston Brewery 2009
- Cherry Brewery (Diageo), Waterford, 1955-2002
- Dempsey's Brewing 1983–1984
- Dingle Brewing Company, 2011–2017
- Dublin Brewing Company
- Great Northern Brewery, Dundalk,1897–2015 : redeveloped as a distillery
- Harp Brewery (Diageo), Dundalk, 1960–2013 : relocated to St. James's Gate
- Independent Brewing, Carraroe, 2014–2018
- Jack Cody's, Drogheda, 2014–2017
- Kellys Mountain Brew, Clane, 2014-2019
- Kilkenny Brewery, Kilkenny, 2012
- Limerick Lady
- Macardle Moore Brewery (Diageo), Dundalk - 1850-2000
- Rathdowney Perry's Brewery
- Smithwick's (Diageo), Kilkenny, 1710–2013 : relocated to St. James's Gate
- West Mayo Brewery, Islandeady, 2013-2019
See also
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