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16-06-2011, 08:14
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Part three: Ireland. I find this stuff fascinating. Pieceng together the pattern of the mid-19th century brewing.

There's one big surprise in this table. See if you can spot it:


Estimated beer output in Ireland, year ending October 1849 Collections Bushels of malt consumed estimated output (barrels) % of output Athlone 3,346 1,673.0 0.28% Bandon 18,911 9,455.5 1.57% Belfast 42,720 21,360.0 3.55% Birr 16,122 8,061.0 1.34% Coleraine 13,430 6,715.0 1.11% Cork 197,932 98,966.0 16.43% Drogheda 77,080 38,540.0 6.40% Foxford 11,138 5,569.0 0.92% Galway 8,772 4,386.0 0.73% Limerick 9,627 4,813.5 0.80% Londonderry 12,770 6,385.0 1.06% Naas 30,809 15,404.5 2.56% Newry 34,632 17,316.0 2.87% Sligo 8,694 4,347.0 0.72% Waterford 58,420 29,210.0 4.85% Wexford 39,976 19,988.0 3.32% Dublin 620,496 310,248.0 51.50% total 1,204,875 602,437.5 100.00% Source:

"Statistics of British commerce" by Braithwaite Poole, 1852, page 5.
Unsurprisingly, Dublin comes out on top. Guinness had already started its ascent to world mega-stardom. And Cork, whose two large Porter breweries were almost as famous as Guinness.

But look at Belfast. Producing just over 20,000 barrels of beer. That's shockingly low, considering its size. And that it was the only Irish town to have industrialised. I wonder why that is? Were they imposting beer from England or Scotland?

There's one last part coming up. Where I compare the three countries: England, Scotland and Ireland.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5445569787371915337-8325462025324103180?l=barclayperkins.blogspot.com


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