tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post2765521389495385159..comments2024-03-28T06:20:10.699-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: An Irish tied houseRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-36674396282397306542017-10-17T11:42:54.736-07:002017-10-17T11:42:54.736-07:00By the late 1960s, the Beamish & Crawford tie ...By the late 1960s, the Beamish & Crawford tie included lager - as they had the Carling contract by then. As far as I can tell they dropped the tie in 1969 and started divesting very shortly after.<br /><br />Of course, Guinness themselves actually started buying pubs in the 1960s and got a sizeable estate in Dublin but never operated a tie; all long sold now.Cian Duffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507670660904087183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-84801526597845710972012-01-22T13:04:07.366-08:002012-01-22T13:04:07.366-08:00Both. The official (nominative case) name is "...Both. The official (nominative case) name is "Éire" in the same way as "Deutschland" and "Suomi" are official names of those countries. They just look stupid -- and, in the case of "Éire", ungrammatical -- if you put them in the middle of an English sentence.<br /><br />("Lovely holiday in България this year. How about you?"<br />"Oh we went to 日本")<br /><br />Article 4 of "De Valera's 1937 Constitution" (or, as we call it, the Constitution) is pretty clear on what the country is called when you're speaking, or writing, English.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-58361706658600166912012-01-22T11:43:46.997-08:002012-01-22T11:43:46.997-08:00I take it it's the misspelling of "Éire&q...I take it it's the misspelling of "Éire" you're objecting to Beer Nut rather than the use of the official name for Ireland following De Valera's 1937 Constitution?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310220100267028274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-69328764698558747622012-01-22T03:00:26.064-08:002012-01-22T03:00:26.064-08:00"Eire". Tch...
The tied house system ca..."Eire". Tch...<br /><br />The tied house system came late to Cork. I'd be fairly sure it was a direct attempt to preserve the local breweries from Guinness dominance after Guinness went national.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.com