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.
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 [...]
Brewery Bar Visit
A chance to revisit the Brewery Bar one more time as part of Macardles Employee Reunion organised by the Macardles Historical Society. IMPORTANT - This event is open to [...]
The Great Flood
The Great Flood 1977 The Ramparts river overflowed and completely flooded the Macardles site in Dundalk, Co. Louth. But production continued nonetheless...
New Bottling Line
New Bottling Line Installation 1959 Impressive Expansion of Old Dundalk Firm. Cambricville Brewery’s Equipment Second to None Home and Export Trade on Firm Footing A unique event took place [...]