Come Here To Me!

A few Guinness labels which were hiding in the cupboard right opposite this very PC.

What do I know about them? Very little. Obviously, they come from the period when Guinness was bottled by the seller. Interestingly, three of them read “Who bottle no other stout or porter” or variations thereof.

The beautiful Irish language label from D Ó Sciatháin’s notes the same As Gaeilge.

The P. Lynch label, from 144 Thomas Street, is by far the oldest. T.Younge, at the time based at 85 Queen Street and 1a Ellis Quay, became a Ballyfermot fixture. D Ó Siachtháin gives a Dorset Street address. The other two come from outside the capital.

With the week that’s in it, they’re a lovely oddity if nothing else. A recent post on the Jewish Museum included snaps of Guinness labels from Dublin’s Little Jerusalem.