This is a list of breweries in Ireland. Brewing has a long history in Ireland; the country's largest city, Dublin, is home to one of the largest breweries in the world, St James's Gate Brewery, founded by Arthur Guinness 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
editAs 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 around 35 in operation in Northern Ireland.[2][3][4] They include:
Brewery (Owner) |
Town | County | Founded |
---|---|---|---|
12 Acres Brewery [5] | Killeshin | Laois | 2015 |
9 White Deer Brewery[6] | Macroom | Cork | 2013 |
Barrelhead Brewery | Dublin | Dublin | 2006 |
Beer Hut Brewing Company[7][8] | Kilkeel | Down | 2017 |
Ards Brewing Company[9][10] | Greyabbey | Down | 2011 |
Ballykilcavan Brewery [5] | Stradbally | Laois | 2016 |
Black Donkey Brewing[1][6] | Ballinlough | Roscommon | 2014 |
Boundary Brewing[11][12] | Belfast | Down (on the County Down side of the River Lagan) |
2015 |
Armagh Brewing Company[13] | Armagh | Armagh | 2020 |
Blacks Brewery[6] | Kinsale | Cork | 2013 |
Brehon Brewhouse[14][15] | Carrickmacross | Monaghan | 2014 |
Brú Brewery[16][17] | Trim | Meath | 2013 (bought out by Galway Bay Brewery) |
Bullhouse Brewing Company[18][19] | Belfast (originally based in Newtownards) |
Antrim | 2016 |
Kinnegar Brewing[20][1][6] | Rathmullan | Donegal | 2011 |
Lacada Brewery[21][22] | Portrush | Antrim | 2015 |
Bridewell Brewery | Clifden | Galway | 2006 |
Burren Brewery | Lisdoonvarna | Clare | 2011 |
Canvas Brewery[23] | Aglish | Tipperary | 2018 |
Spade Town Brewery | Lurgan | Armagh | 2021 |
Carlingford Brewing Company | Carlingford | Louth | 2014 |
Farmageddon Brewing Company[24][25] | Comber | Down | 2014 |
Carlow Brewing Company[1][6] | Bagenalstown | Carlow | 1996 |
Crafty Divils[6] | Killorglin | Kerry | 2014 |
Crew Brewing Company | Limerick City | Limerick | 2020 |
Donegal Brewing Company[26] | Ballyshannon | Donegal | 2011 |
Dungarvan Brewing[6][17][15] | Dungarvan | Waterford | 2010 |
Eight Degrees Brewing [1][6][27][17] |
Mitchelstown | Cork | 2010 |
Five Lamps C&C Group[28] |
Clonmel | County Tipperary | 2014 |
Four Provinces Brew. Co.[1] | Kimmage | Dublin | 2014 |
Franciscan Well Brewery (Molson Coors)[1][29][17][15] |
Cork | Cork | 1998 |
Galway Bay Brewery[1] | Galway | Galway | 2005 |
Galway Hooker Brewery[6] | Oranmore | Galway | 2006 |
Guinness (Diageo)[30] |
Dublin | Dublin | 1759 |
Hillstown Brewery[31][32] | Randalstown | Antrim | 2014 |
Hope Craft Brewery [5] | Dublin | Dublin | 2016 |
Heaney Farmhouse Brewery (Heaney Brewing Company) [33][34][35][36] |
Bellaghy | Londonderry | 2016 |
Hercules Brewing Company (brewers of the Yardsman range)[37][38] |
Belfast | Down (on the County Down side of the River Lagan) |
2014 |
Hilden Brewery[39][40][41] | Lisburn | Antrim | 1981 |
Inishmacsaint Brewing Company (Fermanagh Beer Company)[42] |
Derrygonnelly | Fermanagh | 2010 |
Killarney Brewing Company[6] | Killarney | Kerry | 2015 |
Lough Gill Brewery[1][6][15] | Sligo | Sligo | 2015 |
Manor Brewing Company[6] | Manor Kilbride | Wicklow | 2013 |
Rye River Brewing Company[6][17] | Celbridge | Kildare | 2014 |
Mescan Brewery[1][43] | Kilsallagh | Mayo | 2013 |
Metalman Brewing Company[1][6] | Waterford | Waterford | 2010 |
Muckish Mountain Brewery[44] | Creeslough | Donegal | 2014 |
McCracken’s[45] | Portadown | Armagh | 2018 |
Heineken[46] | Cork | Cork | 1856 (as Murphy's)[47] |
O Brother Brewing[6][15] | Kilcool | Wicklow | 2014 |
Porterhouse Brewing Company, The[6] | Dublin | Dublin | 1989 |
Rascals Brewing Company[1][6][17] | Rathcoole | Dublin | 2013 |
Reel Deel Brewery[1] | Crossmolina | Mayo | 2014 |
Rising Sons Brewery[17] | Cork | Cork | 2012 |
Rough Brothers Brewing[48][49][50] | Derry | Londonderry | 2018 |
St. Mel's Brewing Company[1] | Longford | Longford | 2014 |
Torc Brewing[51] | Killarney | Kerry | 2014 |
Trouble Brewing[1][6] | Kill | Kildare | 2009 |
West Kerry Brewery (Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne)[1][6] | Ballyferriter | Kerry | 2008 |
Western Herd Brewing Company Ltd | Kilmaley | Clare | 2015 |
Whitewater Brewing Company Ltd.[1] | Castlewellan | Down | 1996 |
Whitefield Brewery[6] | Templemore | Tipperary | 1996 (renamed from White Gypsy in 2020) |
White Hag Brewery, The[1][6][15] | Ballymote | Sligo | 2014 |
Wicklow Brewery, The[6] | Redcross | Wicklow | 2014 |
Wicklow Wolf Brewing Company[1][6] | Newtownmountkennedy | Wicklow | 2014 |
Wood Key Brewing[52] | Dublin | Dublin | 2015 |
YellowBelly Beer[15] | Wexford | Wexford | 2015 |
Notes on mergers and defunct breweries
edit- Achill Island Brewery, Achill Island, Bunacurry, Mayo, 2014-2017 [53]
- Beamish and Crawford (Heineken), Cork, 1792–2009 : relocated to Murphy's Brewery
- Boyne Brewhouse, Drogheda, 2016–2019, some brands bought by O'Haras and resumed[54]
- Carrig Brewery, Drumshanbo, active from 2011–2019, merged with Brú Brewery in 2019 and the brewing operation moved to the latter's brewery in 2019.[55] In late 2021, Brú Brewery and Galway Bay Brewery merged, but announced that brewing would continue in both breweries.[56]
- J.W. Sweetman,[6] established under that ownership in 2013 as a Dublin brewpub in 2013, has changed ownership.
- Lett's Brewery, Enniscorthy, 1864–1956. Still licensed and firm still exists but brewery inoperative.
- Macardle Moore Brewery (Diageo), Dundalk - 1850-2000
- Smithwick's (Diageo), Kilkenny, 1710–2013 : relocated to St. James's Gate
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