Noble beginnings of the Guinness pint revealed in new video

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A NEW video featuring Eoghan Corry, historian, travel editor and designer of the Gaelic football museum at Croke Park in Dublin Ireland traces the noble beginnings of the Guinness brewery in the sleepy community of Ardclough in County Kildare, Ireland.

Launched earlier this month as a prelude to an expanded interactive component located on the Arthur Guinness Trail at the ‘From Malt to Vault’ interpretive centre, the video highlights the earliest days of brewing the ‘Black Stuff’ as it once was from a home recipe sold from door to door.

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Among the interpretive panels in the exhibition is a depiction of the tomb of Arthur Guinness in Oughterard Graveyard near Ardclough, County Kildare, Ireland

The original version that went on to achieve worldwide renown was ready for its debut at St James’s Gate in Dublin, Ireland, following intensive development from the original home-brew recipe combined with the accepted recipes of the local nobility.

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Guinness Storehouse Managing Director Paul Carty left, Aine Mangan of Kildare Failte, Ireland and historian Eoghan Corry at the opening of the Arthur Guinness exhibition

The transport of the original brew based on porter, and later Guinness Stout along the Grand and Royal Canal systems are key features in the new video as both waterways provided freight passage to and from Dublin.

For opening times and private party tours send an email to ardcloughvc@gmail.com.

The exhibition in Ardclough Village Centre is located at GPS W23HR68.

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Kim Mullahey

Kim Mullahey is Pynck.com’s Ireland Correspondent. She holds an honours undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Chicago and has taught Adult Education Creative Writing Studies. Through a media career spanning nearly 25 years Kim has written and photographed regional news, national and international horse sports, fashion and lifestyle. Kim lives with her husband and son in Kildare Ireland, and a stray marmalade cat who has adopted the family.

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