European Breweries History: Smithwicks & Sons LTD.
In the early 1700's Richard Cole and John Smithwick established a
partnership and operated as a small retail brewery. Smithwicks Brewery
expanded during the lifetime of John's son, Edmund (1800-76). A large
nineteenth century brewery was constructed by Edmund Smithwick. E. Smithwick
and Sons was established as a private company in 1898 and continued
to grow throughout the twentieth century.
In 1965, Smithwicks became a public company as part of Irish
Ale Breweries. In the same year, Arthur Guinness, Son and Company
(Dublin) Ltd. took complete financial control of the operation.
A modernisation plan was launched in 1964 with the construction of
a new brew house. A large fermentation block, a storage vessel
block and packaging plant were also installed. This twentieth-century
construction has subsequently been updated and replaced by a twenty-first
century, computer-operated brewery.
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