tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post4269722277336725494..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: The Revival of Brewing In IrelandRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-48015232916822150522011-07-11T06:12:01.129-07:002011-07-11T06:12:01.129-07:00The grand canal was opened from 1779 and the final...The grand canal was opened from 1779 and the final section to the Shannon was opened in 1804, so the was a fast transport for porter shipping into the country sideOblivioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184794716327407609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-55815619859212263072011-07-09T04:46:23.626-07:002011-07-09T04:46:23.626-07:00I'm surprised you've not come across Fathe...I'm surprised you've not come across Father Mathew (one t) before - his was a HUGE movement in Ireland, supposedly signing up 3 million people to take the pledge to abstain from alcohol, and there are statues to him in Cork and Dublin.<br /><br />I confess I find myself dubious about the statement that "Porter only became popular in Ireland in the middle of the 19th century" - why did Guinness give up ale brewing 50 years earlier, then? I can believe that, outside the large cities, as in England, ale continued to be the main product of smaller brewers, and I'm sure that whiskey was extremely popular in the west, but I'd need to see more evidence before accepting a claim that porter's popularity in Ireland only dated from after the Potato Famine.Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-69479616437551427182011-07-09T03:58:05.181-07:002011-07-09T03:58:05.181-07:00Theobold Mathew -- The Apostle of Temperance -- ha...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobald_Mathew_%28temperance_reformer%29" rel="nofollow">Theobold Mathew</a> -- The Apostle of Temperance -- had a massive impact on Irish culture, not least our really unhealthy attitude to drink. There are still statues of him right on the main streets of both Dublin and Cork.<br /><br />Wikipedia notes that many of his more resourceful devotees turned to drinking ether so they could get hammered without breaking their pledge.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.com