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Sat 05 May 2009Production transfer calls time on Beamish, Ireland's oldest brewery
IRELAND’S OLDEST brewery, a landmark on South Main Street in Cork since at least 1650 and home to Beamish and Crawford since 1792, ceased operation yesterday.
The Tudor-fronted counting house of Beamish and Crawford was unusually quiet yesterday as a small band of long-term employees said their final goodbyes to a much loved workplace.
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