Roughly how many barrels a year was the brewery producing when Guinness took charge in 1868?
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Output was around 350,000 barrels in 1868, on average annual profits of about £120,000.
What were the brewery’s profits in 1919?
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Profits reached £2,175,816 in 1919, inflated partly by wartime and post-war prices.
Which Dublin slum clearance scheme received a further £250,000 from Guinness?
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The Bull Alley clearance was the largest piece of urban renewal in Edwardian Ireland and the foundation of the Iveagh Trust’s work.
Which Dublin park did Guinness create in 1901?
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St Patrick’s Park was laid out beside the cathedral as part of his Dublin clearance and rebuilding programme.
In which year did Guinness hand over the Iveagh Gardens?
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The gardens behind his St Stephen’s Green house were handed over in 1908, the same year he became Chancellor of the University of Dublin.
Which order of knighthood was Guinness admitted to in 1895?
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He was made a Knight of St Patrick in 1895, the Irish equivalent of the Garter and the Thistle.
Which two painters are among the best-known names in his Kenwood collection?
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The collection he assembled between 1887 and 1891 includes a Rembrandt self-portrait and a Vermeer, alongside Gainsborough, Reynolds and Turner.
Whom did Guinness marry in 1873?
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He married his cousin Adelaide Maria Guinness, and they had three sons.
Which of his sons became Lord Moyne?
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Walter Edward Guinness was created Baron Moyne; the eldest son, Rupert, succeeded to the earldom.
Which building at St James’s Gate did Guinness commission in 1902?
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The storehouse was commissioned in 1902 and is now the brewery’s visitor attraction; output doubled again by 1914.
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