List of breweries in Ireland

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.

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

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

• Beer in Ireland
• Beer in Northern Ireland

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External links

• Irish Brewers Association