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.

Main article: Beer in Ireland
Sign at the Market Street entrance of the St James's Gate Brewery in Dublin

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
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A glass of Murphy's Irish Red

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:

Brewers in Ireland
Brewery Town County Founded
12 Acres BreweryKilleshinLaois2015
5 Lamps BreweryDublinDublin2012
9 White Deer Brewery[3]MacroomCork2013
Ballykilcavan BreweryStradballyLaois2016
Barrelhead BreweryDublinDublin2006
Black Donkey Brewing[1][3]BallinloughRoscommon2014
Blacks Brewery[3]KinsaleCork2013
Bo Bristle BrewingBanagherOffaly2010
Brehon Brewhouse[4][5]CarrickmacrossMonaghan2014
Brown Paper Bag Project[1][6]DublinDublin2012
Brú Brewery[7][8]TrimMeath2013
Burren BreweryLisdoonvarnaClare2011
Carlingford Brewing CompanyCarlingfordLouth2014
Carlow Brewing Company[1][3]BagenalstownCarlow1996
Carrig Brewing Company[3]DrumshanboLeitrim2011
Crafty Divils[3]KillorglinKerry2014
Dead Centre BrewingAthloneWestmeath2019
Donegal Brewing CompanyBallyshannonDonegal2011
Drew Fox Brewing CompanyWexfordCounty Wexford2015
Dungarvan Brewing[3][8][5]DungarvanWaterford2010
Eight Degrees Brewing (Irish Distillers)[1][3][6][8]MitchelstownCork2010
Four Provinces Brew. Co.[1]KimmageDublin2014
Franciscan Well Brewery[1][9][8][5]CorkCork1998
Galway Bay Brewery[1]GalwayGalway2005
Galway Hooker Brewery[3]OranmoreGalway2006
Guinness (Diageo)[10]DublinDublin1759
Hope Craft BreweryDublinDublin2016
J.W. Sweetman[3]DublinDublin2013
Kildare Brewing CompanySallinsKildare2017
Killarney Brewing Company[3]KillarneyKerry2015
Kinnegar Brewing[1][3]RathmullanDonegal2012
LINEMANRathcooleDublin2019
Lough Gill Brewery[1][3][5]SligoSligo2015
Manor Brewing Company[3]Manor KilbrideWicklow2013
Rye River Brewing Company[3][8]CelbridgeKildare2014
Mescan Brewery[1][11]KilsallaghMayo2013
Metalman Brewing Company[1][3]WaterfordWaterford2010
Mountain Man Brewing CompanyWest CorkCork2012
Muckish Mountain Brewery[12]CreesloughDonegal2014
Munster BreweryYoughalCork2014
Murphy Brewery Ireland (Heineken)[13]CorkCork1856 [14]
N17 Brewery[1]TuamGalway2014
Northbound BreweryEglintonDerry2015
O Brother Brewing[3][5]KilcoolWicklow2014
Porterhouse Brewing Company, The[3]DublinDublin1989
Rascals Brewing Company[1][3][8]RathcooleDublin2013
Reel Deel Brewery[1]CrossmolinaMayo2014
Rising Sons Brewery[8]CorkCork2012
St. Mel's Brewing Company[1]LongfordLongford2014
Stone Barrel Brewing CompanyDublinDublin2013
Sullivan's Brewing CompanyKilkennyKilkenny2016
Torc Brewing[15]KillarneyKerry2014
Treaty City Brewing CoLimerickLimerick2010
Trouble Brewing[1][3]KillKildare2009
West Cork Brewing Co.CorkCork2014
West Kerry Brewery (Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne)[1][3]BallyferriterKerry2008
Whitewater Brewing Company Ltd.[1]CastlewellanCounty Down1996
White Gypsy Brewery[3]TemplemoreTipperary1996
White Hag Brewery, The[1][3][5]BallymoteSligo2014
Wicklow Brewery, The[3]RedcrossWicklow2014
Wicklow Wolf Brewing Company[1][3]BrayWicklow2014
Wood Key Brewing[16]DublinDublin2015
YellowBelly Beer[5]WexfordWexford2015

Defunct breweries
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  • 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

References
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