See if your family is connected to Ireland’s most famous brewery.

See if your family is connected to Ireland’s most famous brewery.

See if your family is connected to Ireland’s most famous brewery.

Employing generations of Dubliners, the Guinness brewery is part of hundreds of family stories. Now you can see if it's part of yours with access to their personnel and trade ledgers, available online for the first time ever.

Employing generations of Dubliners, the Guinness brewery is part of hundreds of family stories. Now you can see if it's part of yours with access to their personnel and trade ledgers, available online for the first time ever.

Employing generations of Dubliners, the Guinness brewery is part of hundreds of family stories. Now you can see if it's part of yours with access to their personnel and trade ledgers, available online for the first time ever.

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