| p>In 1752 Arthur Guinness was left £100 in | | | | century, the Guinness brewery was the largest in the |
| the will of Archbishop Price. In 1755 he went into the | | | | world and the company Arthur Guinness & Sons |
| brewery business in Leixlip, Co. Kildare. The | | | | was floated on the London Stock Exchange. In 1936 |
| construction of the Grand Canal opened up the | | | | the first overseas brewery was established at Park |
| country; casks and raw materials could now be | | | | Royal, London. In 1963 another overseas brewery |
| transported directly into the city. | | | | was opened in Nigeria. |
| In 1759 Arthur signed a 9,000year lease on a disused | | | | The parent company has been headquartered in |
| brewery at St. James's Gate, Dublin for an initial | | | | London since 1932 and was later merged with Grand |
| £100 and an annual rent of £45. The | | | | Metropolitan plc and developed into a multi-national |
| brewery consisted of a copper, a kieve, a mill, two | | | | alcohol conglomerate named Diageo. In 2001 almost |
| malt houses, stabling and a loft. Ten years later, | | | | two billion pints of Guinness were sold around the |
| Guinness exported their product for the first time | | | | world and over one million pints of Guinness a day |
| when six and half barrels were shipped to England. | | | | were sold in Great Britain alone. The parent company |
| Arthur's three sons succeeded him and began to | | | | has been headquartered in London since 1932 and |
| expand into foreign markets. | | | | was later merged with Grand Metropolitan plc and |
| In 1862 the Guinness beer label was introduced | | | | developed into a multi-national alcohol conglomerate |
| consisting of an oval label with the harp and Arthur | | | | named Diageo. |
| Guinness' signature inside. By the end of nineteenth | | | | |
