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Thu 09 Sep 2008Diageo names Leixlip as site of new Guinness brewery
GUINNESS IS heading home. Global drinks giant Diageo is believed to have chosen a site in Leixlip, Co Kildare, as the location for its new Guinness brewery, which will open in 2013 and operate in tandem with its iconic St James's Gate facility.
Arthur Guinness, the inspiration behind the famous pint of stout, opened his first brewery in Leixlip in 1756 before moving to St James's Gate in Dublin three years later.
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