Guinness

Despite always being based in Ireland from 1759 until 1939 any Brewer working at Guinness who married a Catholic lost their job.

It wasn’t until the 1960s that Guinness even employed Catholics at their Brewery.

Guinness Founder, Arthur Guinness, was part of the Protestant Ascendancy — a class of who held Wealth, Power and Political Influence in all of British-held Ireland during the 18th and 19th Centuries and in Northern Ireland until 1998.

The Guinness’ Pro-Protestant and Anti-Catholic stance continued even when the Irish Free State (which became the Republic of Ireland in 1949 – a Traditionally Catholic Country) gained Independence from the United Kingdom (an Officially Protestant Country) in 1921.

You can learn more about the Guiness Family in Netflix’s Series: “House of Guinness.”