Guiness store house
#Guiness store house archive#
Deirdre is responsible for managing and leading the Guinness Archive team based in the Guinness Storehouse.
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James Gate (now the Guinness Brewery) brewing ale when. Founded by an Irishman Arthur Guinness, he worked at St. Dublin is filled with rolling green hills, incredible people, andyou called itGuinness. To find out further information on genealogy at the Guinness Archive please visit or email Deirdre McParland has 15 years’ experience in the Archives sector and seven years working in the Guinness Archive. Guinness Storehouse, otherwise known as the Guinness factory, is one of Ireland's most popular tourist destinations (for obvious reasons). Following the war, the company commissioned a booklet and memorial plaque entitled ‘The Great War 1914 – 1918, Commemorative Roll,’ which is preserved in the Guinness Archive and lists all the names of employees who fought in the War. Such was the ethos of the company that an employee received half of their salary while serving during the war and the company established a War Gifts Committee to provide parcels of food and clothing to Guinness employees in the trenches. As a result, the records are a rich genealogy source.Īnecdotally it is said, that older women living in the vicinity of the brewery, whispered to younger women ‘to get yourself a Guinness man as he is worth money alive or dead because of the Guinness pension!’Įight-hundred Guinness employees also served in World War One and details of where an employee served can also be found in the files. Depending on the family circumstances the spouse of a deceased employee was often employed as a cleaner or waitress. If an employee died before retirement, his spouse or next of kin received his pension.
#Guiness store house free#
As a result, there were few resignations and dismissals were rare.Įmployees enjoyed many ‘perks’ at the brewery including free meals, a free pint of Guinness on a daily basis at the ‘Tap’ to employees over the age of 21, free medical care, holiday days, bonuses and even burial allowances. Guinness earned an excellent reputation through the various welfare initiatives enjoyed by all its staff.
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Very often the records contain a substantial amount of information on an employee as traditionally many employees began their working life at the brewery at the age of 14 and remained in employment until retirement at the age of 65.
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Information that may be found in the files are dates of birth, copies of baptismal records, previous employment, character references, the occupation of father, addresses, marital status, children, employment record, family circumstances, medical and financial history. The Guinness Archive defines direct relatives as son/daughter, grandson/granddaughter. Due to the financial, medical and often sensitive information in the personnel files, access to personnel files is granted to direct relatives only.