Irish Brewery Advertisements: Castlebellingham Bitter Ale

I am quite partial to old Irish beer advertisements and this is a nice one for Castlebellingham Brewery in Louth for their bitter ale, which appeared in Ireland's Saturday Night newspaper in October 1908. The wording - and those shamrocks - certainly mark it as promotion to drink Irish beer, as well as focussing on both its value and quality.

I felt it needed a wider audience and it is good to be highlighting something other than porter adverts from our history.

This might be a weekly series if there is enough interest in this kind of thing ...?

Liam K.

(I have cleaned, tidied and sharpened the image a little, hopefully without overdoing it ...)

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