List of breweries in Ireland

Main article: Beer 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

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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 (Owner)	Town	County	Founded
12 Acres Brewery [5]	Killeshin	Laois	2015
9 White Deer Brewery[6]	Macroom	Cork	2013
Barrelhead Brewery	Dublin	Dublin	2006
Beer Hut Brewing Company[7][8]	Kilkeel	Down	2017
Ards Brewing Company[9][10]	Greyabbey	Down	2011
Ballykilcavan Brewery [5]	Stradbally	Laois	2016
Black Donkey Brewing[1][6]	Ballinlough	Roscommon	2014
Boundary Brewing[11][12]	Belfast	Down (on the County Down side of the River Lagan)	2015
Armagh Brewing Company[13]	Armagh	Armagh	2020
Blacks Brewery[6]	Kinsale	Cork	2013
Brehon Brewhouse[14][15]	Carrickmacross	Monaghan	2014
Brú Brewery[16][17]	Trim	Meath	2013 (bought out by Galway Bay Brewery)
Bullhouse Brewing Company[18][19]	Belfast (originally based in Newtownards)	Antrim	2016
Kinnegar Brewing[20][1][6]	Rathmullan	Donegal	2011
Lacada Brewery[21][22]	Portrush	Antrim	2015
Bridewell Brewery	Clifden	Galway	2006
Burren Brewery	Lisdoonvarna	Clare	2011
Canvas Brewery[23]	Aglish	Tipperary	2018
Spade Town Brewery	Lurgan	Armagh	2021
Carlingford Brewing Company	Carlingford	Louth	2014
Farmageddon Brewing Company[24][25]	Comber	Down	2014
Carlow Brewing Company[1][6]	Bagenalstown	Carlow	1996
Crafty Divils[6]	Killorglin	Kerry	2014
Crew Brewing Company	Limerick City	Limerick	2020
Donegal Brewing Company[26]	Ballyshannon	Donegal	2011
Dungarvan Brewing[6][17][15]	Dungarvan	Waterford	2010
Eight Degrees Brewing [1][6][27][17]	Mitchelstown	Cork	2010
Five Lamps C&C Group[28]	Clonmel	County Tipperary	2014
Four Provinces Brew. Co.[1]	Kimmage	Dublin	2014
Franciscan Well Brewery (Molson Coors)[1][29][17][15]	Cork	Cork	1998
Galway Bay Brewery[1]	Galway	Galway	2005
Galway Hooker Brewery[6]	Oranmore	Galway	2006
Guinness (Diageo)[30]	Dublin	Dublin	1759
Hope Craft Brewery [5]	Dublin	Dublin	2016
Heaney Farmhouse Brewery (Heaney Brewing Company) [31][32][33][34]	Bellaghy	Londonderry	2016
Hercules Brewing Company (brewers of the Yardsman range)[35][36]	Belfast	Down (on the County Down side of the River Lagan)	2014
Hilden Brewery[37][38][39]	Lisburn	Antrim	1981
Inishmacsaint Brewing Company (Fermanagh Beer Company)[40]	Derrygonnelly	Fermanagh	2010
Killarney Brewing Company[6]	Killarney	Kerry	2015
Lough Gill Brewery[1][6][15]	Sligo	Sligo	2015
Manor Brewing Company[6]	Manor Kilbride	Wicklow	2013
Rye River Brewing Company[6][17]	Celbridge	Kildare	2014
Mescan Brewery[1][41]	Kilsallagh	Mayo	2013
Metalman Brewing Company[1][6]	Waterford	Waterford	2010
Muckish Mountain Brewery[42]	Creeslough	Donegal	2014
McCracken’s[43]	Portadown	Armagh	2018
Heineken[44]	Cork	Cork	1856 (as Murphy's)[45]
O Brother Brewing[6][15]	Kilcool	Wicklow	2014
Porterhouse Brewing Company, The[6]	Dublin	Dublin	1989
Rascals Brewing Company[1][6][17]	Rathcoole	Dublin	2013
Reel Deel Brewery[1]	Crossmolina	Mayo	2014
Rising Sons Brewery[17]	Cork	Cork	2012
Rough Brothers Brewing[46][47][48]	Derry	Londonderry	2018
St. Mel's Brewing Company[1]	Longford	Longford	2014
Torc Brewing[49]	Killarney	Kerry	2014
Trouble Brewing[1][6]	Kill	Kildare	2009
West Kerry Brewery (Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne)[1][6]	Ballyferriter	Kerry	2008
Western Herd Brewing Company Ltd	Kilmaley	Clare	2015
Whitewater Brewing Company Ltd.[1]	Castlewellan	Down	1996
Whitefield Brewery[6]	Templemore	Tipperary	1996 (renamed from White Gypsy in 2020)
White Hag Brewery, The[1][6][15]	Ballymote	Sligo	2014
Wicklow Brewery, The[6]	Redcross	Wicklow	2014
Wicklow Wolf Brewing Company[1][6]	Newtownmountkennedy	Wicklow	2014
Wood Key Brewing[50]	Dublin	Dublin	2015
YellowBelly Beer[15]	Wexford	Wexford	2015

Notes on mergers and defunct breweries

• Achill Island Brewery, Achill Island, Bunacurry, Mayo, 2014-2017 ^[51]
• Beamish and Crawford (Heineken), Cork, 1792–2009 : relocated to Murphy's Brewery
• Boyne Brewhouse, Drogheda, 2016–2019, some brands bought by O'Haras and resumed^[52]
• Carrig Brewery, Drumshanbo, active from 2011–2019, merged with Brú Brewery in 2019 and the brewing operation moved to the latter's brewery in 2019.^[53] In late 2021, Brú Brewery and Galway Bay Brewery merged, but announced that brewing would continue in both breweries.^[54]
• J.W. Sweetman,^[6] established under that ownership in 2013 as a Dublin brewpub in 2013, has changed ownership.
• Lett's Brewery, Enniscorthy, 1864–1956. Still licensed and firm still exists but brewery inoperative.
• Macardle Moore Brewery (Diageo), Dundalk - 1850-2000
• Smithwick's (Diageo), Kilkenny, 1710–2013 : relocated to St. James's Gate

▪︎ Hillstown Brewery, Randalstown ceased operation mid 2021.

See also

• Beer portal
• Ireland portal

• Beer in Ireland
• Beer in Northern Ireland