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The late 1830s was a time of transition. The family flour mill in
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A Bottle of Guinness Please": The Colourful History of Guinness
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A Bottle of Guinness Please": The Colourful History of Guinness
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445:arbitration
325:the Carlton
270:River Camac
74:Nationality
1130:Categories
923:Hughes D;
838:Joyce J.;
824:Hughes D;
817:Wilson D.
796:Hall, FG;
731:temperance
718:domination
671:, saying:
552:clan from
507:brickmaker
405:Anglican.
403:Low church
274:Kilmainham
911:Zytophile
897:Zytophile
706:The Pilot
497:(for Lee)
475:Marriages
469:George IV
455:in 1802.
350:hogsheads
266:Hibernian
261:brewery.
56:, Ireland
1002:2 August
967:Archived
737:apostate
550:Magennis
370:1823–29;
332:malt tax
242:Bewley's
230:Beaumont
190:Guinness
156:Children
110:Anne Lee
41:costume.
781:Torquay
424:of the
343:Bristol
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100:Spouses
993:
763:whose
716:Orange
579:Edward
547:Gaelic
313:porter
202:Dublin
186:Family
176:Parent
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317:Stout
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1004:2017
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