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Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Irish Brewing People of the Past - #2 Eliza Alley

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T he history of Irish brewing is no stranger to women. There is much talk and commentary regarding the brew wives of the far past, and some ...
Thursday, 24 July 2025

Pub Fiction: Something Special in McDaids - The Session #149

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  S eamie sat at the back of the small lounge bar, his elbows resting on the table as he nursed his bottle of stout, his third of the aftern...
Thursday, 17 July 2025

A Shot of Beer History #9: Explosion at Macardle-Moore Brewery

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I rish breweries are no strangers to calamities over the last few centuries, and at around 7pm on Monday 15th of June 1903 a thunderous expl...
Friday, 4 July 2025

Irish Brewing People of the Past - #1 John Smithwick

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‘T his is the story of an Irish industry which started 243 years ago when a twenty-year-old youth left his Tipperary home, married a Kilkenn...
Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Beckett on Bars: The Session #147

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T here’s no shortage of mentions and images of Irish pubs and beers in the literature and artworks of this country, so when Phil Cook sugge...
Friday, 11 April 2025

Good Green Beer - 'London's Greatest Beverage'

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D own with the Emerald Ale! Here's to good old beer, Mop it down !  You can have it thick or clear, Black or brown! Though it's stil...
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Tuesday, 1 April 2025

A Shot of Beer History #8: The Case of a Naggin Too Much ...

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A curious case presented itself in the village of Moneygall in Offaly in 1869 and was reported in the local newspaper, where an inspector o...
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Mostly writing about Irish beer history of late, but I am not a historian. Email me on beerfoodtravel(at)gmail.com or follow me on Twitter & BlueSky (at)beerfoodtravel
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