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.

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

Breweries in Ireland
Brewery Town County Founded
12 Acres Brewery [5]KilleshinLaois2015
5 Lamps BreweryDublinDublin2012
9 White Deer Brewery[6]MacroomCork2013
Ards Brewing Company[7][8]GreyabbeyDown2011
Ballykilcavan Brewery [5]StradballyLaois2016
Barrelhead BreweryDublinDublin2006
Beer Hut Brewing Company[9][10]KilkeelDown2017
Black Donkey Brewing[1][6]BallinloughRoscommon2014
Blacks Brewery[6]KinsaleCork2013
Bo Bristle BrewingBanagherOffaly2010
Boghopper Brewery[11][12]MuffDonegal2015
Boundary Brewing[13][14]BelfastDown
(on the Co. Down side of the River Lagan)		2014
Brehon Brewhouse[15][16]CarrickmacrossMonaghan2014
Brú Brewery[17][18]TrimMeath2013
Bullhouse Brewing Company[19][20]Belfast
(originally based in Newtownards)
Antrim2016
Burren BreweryLisdoonvarnaClare2011
Carlingford Brewing CompanyCarlingfordLouth2014
Carlow Brewing Company[1][6]BagenalstownCarlow1996
Crafty Divils[6]KillorglinKerry2014
Dead Centre BrewingAthloneWestmeath2019
Donegal Brewing Company[21]BallyshannonDonegal2011
Dopey Dick Brewing Company[22][23][24]DerryLondonderry2019
Drew Fox Brewing CompanyWexfordCounty Wexford2015
Dungarvan Brewing[6][18][16]DungarvanWaterford2010
Eight Degrees Brewing
(Irish Distillers)
[1][6][25][18]		MitchelstownCork2010
Farmageddon Brewing Company[26][27]ComberDown2013
Four Provinces Brew. Co.[1]KimmageDublin2014
Franciscan Well Brewery[1][28][18][16]CorkCork1998
Galway Bay Brewery[1]GalwayGalway2005
Galway Hooker Brewery[6]OranmoreGalway2006
Guinness (Diageo)[29]DublinDublin1759
Heaney Farmhouse Brewery
(Heaney Brewing Company)
[30][31][32][33]		BellaghyLondonderry2016
Hercules Brewing Company
(brewers of the Yardsman range)[34][35]		BelfastDown
(on the Co. Down side of the River Lagan)		2014
Hilden Brewery[36][37][38]LisburnAntrim1981
Hillstown Brewery[39][40]RandalstownAntrim2013
Hope Craft Brewery [5]DublinDublin2016
Inishmacsaint Brewing Company
(Fermanagh Beer Company)[41][42]		DerrygonnellyFermanaghc. 2007
J.W. Sweetman[6]DublinDublin2013
Kildare Brewing CompanySallinsKildare2017
Killarney Brewing Company[6]KillarneyKerry2015
Kinnegar Brewing[43][1][6]RathmullanDonegal2012
Lacada Brewery[44][45]PortrushAntrim2014
LINEMANRathcooleDublin2019
Lough Gill Brewery[1][6][16]SligoSligo2015
Manor Brewing Company[6]Manor KilbrideWicklow2013
Rye River Brewing Company[6][18]CelbridgeKildare2014
Mescan Brewery[1][46]KilsallaghMayo2013
Metalman Brewing Company[1][6]WaterfordWaterford2010
Mountain Man Brewing CompanyWest CorkCork2012
Mourne Mountains Brewery [47]WarrenpointDown2015
Muckish Mountain Brewery[48]CreesloughDonegal2014
Munster BreweryYoughalCork2014
Heineken[49]CorkCork1856 (as Murphy's)[50]
N17 Brewery[1]TuamGalway2014
Norn Iron Brew Company[51][52][53]DunmurryAntrim2017
Northbound Brewery[54][55]EglintonLondonderry2015
O Brother Brewing[6][16]KilcoolWicklow2014
Old Mill Brewing Company[56][57][58]ConvoyDonegalc. 2017
Pokertree Brewing Company[59][60][61]CarrickmoreTyrone2014
Porterhouse Brewing Company, The[6]DublinDublin1989
Rascals Brewing Company[1][6][18]RathcooleDublin2013
Reel Deel Brewery[1]CrossmolinaMayo2014
Rising Sons Brewery[18]CorkCork2012
Rough Brothers Brewing[62][63][64]DerryLondonderry2018
St. Mel's Brewing Company[1]LongfordLongford2014
Stone Barrel Brewing CompanyDublinDublin2013
Sullivan's Brewing CompanyKilkennyKilkenny2016
Torc Brewing[65]KillarneyKerry2014
Treaty City Brewing CoLimerickLimerick2010
Trouble Brewing[1][6]KillKildare2009
Walled City Brewery[66][67]DerryLondonderry2015
West Cork Brewing Co.CorkCork2014
West Kerry Brewery (Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne)[1][6]BallyferriterKerry2008
Whitewater Brewing Company Ltd.[68][1]CastlewellanDown1996
White Gypsy Brewery[6]TemplemoreTipperary1996
White Hag Brewery, The[1][6][16]BallymoteSligo2014
Wicklow Brewery, The[6]RedcrossWicklow2014
Wicklow Wolf Brewing Company[1][6]BrayWicklow2014
Wood Key Brewing[69]DublinDublin2015
YellowBelly Beer[16]WexfordWexford2015

Defunct breweries
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  • 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

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