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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.
Finbarr Flood,Tony Corcoran and Pat Barry of Diageo Ireland at the
launch of The Goodness of Guinness.
The company’s extremely progressive treatment of its workers
– in terms of health, training and housing – is revealed
in detail, as is the Guinness family’s philanthropy and compassion
towards the less well-off residents of the city. The book is a labour
of love, full of anecdote, humour and historical insights into one
of Dublin’s most important and best-loved institutions.
 About
The Author
Both Tony Corcoran’s grandparents joined Guinness in 1891,
his father later in 1924, and he followed in their footsteps. Tony
spent 38 years in Guinness, working in the highly specialised brewing
area. His career prospered, and he took on a growing responsibility
for staff training, becoming training manager. On retiring from
the company in 1996, he decided to mine the company’s extensive
archive in order to chart the brewery’s history, growth and,
in particular, its progressive approach to staff welfare.
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