Macardles Historical Society Named Finalist in Louth Business Awards 2026
Awards In The Fairways Hotel - 17th Oct 2026 We are delighted to announce that the Macardles Historical Society has been named a finalist in the 2026 Louth Business [...]
From Front Beach to Gyles Quay Tied House
MacArdle, Moore & Co. Letterhead, in correspondence with William Russell, Oct 20, 1939, Image courtesy of Louth Archive The Story of the Gyles Quay Pub Every so often someone [...]
Margaret Macardle: The Woman Who Chaired a Brewery
When Margaret Macardle died in 1921 her death record called her the wife of a brewer. For the last 26 years of her life she had been chairman of the brewery.
Inside the Ledgers: What Macardles’ Own Books Reveal, 1863–1915
For Macardles Friends only: a look inside the brewery’s own account books, from the 1863 partnership deed to a wartime directors’ report where someone reached for a pen and struck out the taxman.
Macardles Historical Society Turns to AI to Trace Thousands of Forgotten Names
Artificial Intelligence Used For Macardles Brewery Project Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland — The Macardles Historical Society has begun using artificial intelligence to work through one of the most stubborn [...]
1995: Opening the New Packaging Plant
By the mid-1990s, Macardle Moore had been part of the Guinness group for the best part of a decade, and Cambricville had grown into one of Guinness's most important [...]
1965: Building the New Bottling Hall
Another set for Macardles Friends only, and a happier story than last time: five photographs taken across 1965 as Macardle Moore expanded the works at Cambricville, each one stamped [...]
The Flood of 1977: Underwater at Cambricville
Every Macardles Friend gets first look at material as it comes out of the archive, and this set of photographs has never been shown publicly before: the day the [...]
Become a Macardles Friend
New Membership Launching in 2026 €50 per year for membership The Macardles Historical Society has spent over two decades preserving the story of Dundalk's iconic brewery — collecting documents, [...]
Macardles Archive Goes AI
Macardles Archive Goes AI — 160 Years of History Now AI Searchable Local heritage organisation becomes one of the first historical societies in Ireland to deploy AI-powered search [...]