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   Heard the author discussing this with Pat Kenny this morning. Thought that there are a number of people here with connections to Guinness'.... some more than others

The Goodness of Guinness by Tony Corcoran

First illustrated social history of the St James's Gate
Brewery, including in-depth discussion of the major contribution made by the
Guinness company to the welfare of its staff and the wider community. 

Introduction by Finbarr Flood, a former director of
Guinness.

�There is no other company, industry or premises more closely aligned � indeed
almost synonymous � with its home town than Guinness�s St James�s Gate brewery
and Dublin city. From the company�s modest beginnings in 1759 to its heyday in
the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and its continued strength
into the twentiy-first century, Guinness has had an enormous influence over the
city�s economic, social and cultural life. In this extensive illustrated study,
Tony Corcoran examines the magnitude of the brewery�s operation, and the
working lives of the thousands of Dublin people who depended on Guinness for
their livelihood, either directly or indirectly.�