The standard Guinness Storehouse visit tells you how the beer is made. The House of Guinness tour tells you about the family who made it - and in doing so, tells you a large part of the story of Dublin itself. Since Arthur Guinness signed that famous 9,000-year lease at St James’s Gate in 1759, the Guinness family has been woven into the fabric of Irish life in ways that go far beyond brewing.
This guided tour traces the family across generations - from Arthur the visionary founder, through Edward and Benjamin who expanded the brewery into a global empire, to the philanthropic work that shaped Dublin’s housing, hospitals, and public spaces. The Guinness family were not just brewers; they were politicians, social reformers, and cultural patrons who left fingerprints all over the city you see today. Your guide brings these stories to life with the kind of detail and context that you simply would not get from walking around the Storehouse on your own.
After the guided portion, you get full admission to the Guinness Storehouse itself - the iconic multi-sensory exhibition housed in a seven-storey building shaped like a pint glass. The tour finishes where all great Guinness experiences should: in the Gravity Bar on the top floor, with a perfectly poured pint and a 360-degree panoramic view of Dublin stretching from the Wicklow Mountains to the Irish Sea.
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