# List of breweries 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.
With Irish people being the world's sixth biggest drinkers of beer, 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

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

## Notes on mergers and defunct breweries

* Achill Island Brewery, Achill Island, Bunacurry, Mayo, 2014-2017
* 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
* 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. In late 2021, Brú Brewery and Galway Bay Brewery merged, but announced that brewing would continue in both breweries.
* J.W. Sweetman, 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.