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

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.

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 around 35 in operation in Northern Ireland.[2][3][4] They include:

Breweries in Ireland
Brewery Town County Founded
12 Acres Brewery [5] Killeshin Laois 2015
5 Lamps Brewery Dublin Dublin 2012
9 White Deer Brewery[6] Macroom Cork 2013
Ards Brewing Company[7][8] Greyabbey Down 2011
Ballykilcavan Brewery [5] Stradbally Laois 2016
Barrelhead Brewery Dublin Dublin 2006
Beer Hut Brewing Company[9][10] Kilkeel Down 2017
Black Donkey Brewing[1][6] Ballinlough Roscommon 2014
Blacks Brewery[6] Kinsale Cork 2013
Bo Bristle Brewing Banagher Offaly 2010
Boghopper Brewery[11][12] Muff Donegal 2015
Boundary Brewing[13][14] Belfast Down
(on the Co. Down side of the River Lagan)		 2014
Brehon Brewhouse[15][16] Carrickmacross Monaghan 2014
Brú Brewery[17][18] Trim Meath 2013
Bullhouse Brewing Company[19][20] Belfast
(originally based in Newtownards)
 Antrim 2016
Burren Brewery Lisdoonvarna Clare 2011
Carlingford Brewing Company Carlingford Louth 2014
Carlow Brewing Company[1][6] Bagenalstown Carlow 1996
Crafty Divils[6] Killorglin Kerry 2014
Dead Centre Brewing Athlone Westmeath 2019
Donegal Brewing Company[21] Ballyshannon Donegal 2011
Dopey Dick Brewing Company[22][23][24] Derry Londonderry 2019
Drew Fox Brewing Company Wexford County Wexford 2015
Dungarvan Brewing[6][18][16] Dungarvan Waterford 2010
Eight Degrees Brewing
(Irish Distillers)
[1][6][25][18]		 Mitchelstown Cork 2010
Farmageddon Brewing Company[26][27] Comber Down 2013
Four Provinces Brew. Co.[1] Kimmage Dublin 2014
Franciscan Well Brewery[1][28][18][16] Cork Cork 1998
Galway Bay Brewery[1] Galway Galway 2005
Galway Hooker Brewery[6] Oranmore Galway 2006
Guinness (Diageo)[29] Dublin Dublin 1759
Heaney Farmhouse Brewery
(Heaney Brewing Company)
[30][31][32][33]		 Bellaghy Londonderry 2016
Hercules Brewing Company
(brewers of the Yardsman range)[34][35]		 Belfast Down
(on the Co. Down side of the River Lagan)		 2014
Hilden Brewery[36][37][38] Lisburn Antrim 1981
Hillstown Brewery[39][40] Randalstown Antrim 2013
Hope Craft Brewery [5] Dublin Dublin 2016
Inishmacsaint Brewing Company
(Fermanagh Beer Company)[41][42]		 Derrygonnelly Fermanagh c. 2007
J.W. Sweetman[6] Dublin Dublin 2013
Kildare Brewing Company Sallins Kildare 2017
Killarney Brewing Company[6] Killarney Kerry 2015
Kinnegar Brewing[43][1][6] Rathmullan Donegal 2012
Lacada Brewery[44][45] Portrush Antrim 2014
LINEMAN Rathcoole Dublin 2019
Lough Gill Brewery[1][6][16] Sligo Sligo 2015
Manor Brewing Company[6] Manor Kilbride Wicklow 2013
Rye River Brewing Company[6][18] Celbridge Kildare 2014
Mescan Brewery[1][46] Kilsallagh Mayo 2013
Metalman Brewing Company[1][6] Waterford Waterford 2010
Mountain Man Brewing Company West Cork Cork 2012
Mourne Mountains Brewery [47] Warrenpoint Down 2015
Muckish Mountain Brewery[48] Creeslough Donegal 2014
Munster Brewery Youghal Cork 2014
Heineken[49] Cork Cork 1856 (as Murphy's)[50]
N17 Brewery[1] Tuam Galway 2014
Norn Iron Brew Company[51][52][53] Dunmurry Antrim 2017
Northbound Brewery[54][55] Eglinton Londonderry 2015
O Brother Brewing[6][16] Kilcool Wicklow 2014
Old Mill Brewing Company[56][57][58] Convoy Donegal c. 2017
Pokertree Brewing Company[59][60][61] Carrickmore Tyrone 2014
Porterhouse Brewing Company, The[6] Dublin Dublin 1989
Rascals Brewing Company[1][6][18] Rathcoole Dublin 2013
Reel Deel Brewery[1] Crossmolina Mayo 2014
Rising Sons Brewery[18] Cork Cork 2012
Rough Brothers Brewing[62][63][64] Derry Londonderry 2018
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[65] Killarney Kerry 2014
Treaty City Brewing Co Limerick Limerick 2010
Trouble Brewing[1][6] Kill Kildare 2009
Walled City Brewery[66][67] Derry Londonderry 2015
West Cork Brewing Co. Cork Cork 2014
West Kerry Brewery (Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne)[1][6] Ballyferriter Kerry 2008
Whitewater Brewing Company Ltd.[68][1] Castlewellan Down 1996
White Gypsy Brewery[6] Templemore Tipperary 1996
White Hag Brewery, The[1][6][16] Ballymote Sligo 2014
Wicklow Brewery, The[6] Redcross Wicklow 2014
Wicklow Wolf Brewing Company[1][6] Bray Wicklow 2014
Wood Key Brewing[69] Dublin Dublin 2015
YellowBelly Beer[16] Wexford Wexford 2015

Defunct breweries

  • Achill Island Brewery, Achill Island, Bunacurry, Mayo, 2014-2017 [70]
  • Biddy Early Brewpub, 2007
  • Beamish and Crawford, Cork, 1792–2009 : relocated to Murphy's Brewery
  • Boyne Brewhouse, Drogheda, 2016-2019, some brands bought by O'Haras and resumed[71]
  • Carrig Brewery, Drumshanbo - 2011-2019. Merged with Brú Brewery. [72]
  • Celtic Brew, Enfield, 1997-2004
  • Cherry Brewery (Diageo), Waterford, 1955-2002
  • Dempsey's Brewing 1983–1984
  • Dingle Brewing Company, 2011–2017
  • Dublin Brewing Company, Smithfield 1996-2006
  • Great Northern Brewery, Dundalk, 1897–2015 : redeveloped as a distillery
  • Harp Brewery (part of the Great Northern 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
  • Lett's Brewery, Enniscorthy, 1864-1956. Still licensed and firm still exists but brewery inoperative.
  • 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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