page_title: Arthur Guinness
section_title: Arthur Guinness Fund
hierarchical_section_title: Arthur Guinness / Arthur Guinness Fund
caption_attribution_description: Can of Guinness Original, plus the beer in a glass
context_page_description: Arthur Guinness was an Irish brewer and the founder of the Guinness brewery business and family. He was also an entrepreneur and philanthropist.
  At 27, in 1752, Guinness's godfather Arthur Price, the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Cashel, bequeathed him £100 in his will. Guinness invested the money and in 1755 had a brewery at Leixlip, just 17 km from Dublin. In 1759, Guinness went to the city and set up his own business. He took a 9,000-year lease on the 4-acre brewery at St. James's Gate from the descendants of Sir Mark Rainsford for an annual rent of £45.
context_section_description: To further honour Arthur Guinness's legacy, in 2009 Guinness & Co. established the Arthur Guinness Fund (AGF). An internal fund set up by the Company, its aim is to enable and empower individuals with skills and opportunities to deliver a measured benefit to their communities. Guinness has donated more than €7 million to the Fund since its inception.
  Guinness is one of a handful of Irish people commemorated twice on stamps, in 1959 and 2009.
  In October 2013 a statue of him was erected in his birthplace Celbridge.
  In 2014 a series of pathways were created beside places from his early life by Kildare County Council, known collectively as "Arthur's Way".
caption: A can of Guinness featuring Arthur Guinness's signature
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