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MEET THE MAKERS


�onegal D From landscape to larder, Donegal’s natural resources have


long inspired artisans. Meet some of the producers who are


preserving traditions by hand


BRENDAN O’REILLY Owner, Donegal Brewing Company As Donegal’s first microbrewer, Brendan O’Reilly has a pioneering streak and worthy credentials. The son of a publican, he grew up around the casks and kegs of Dicey Reilly’s, a homely pub in the quaint riverside town of Ballyshannon. Since 2011, the shiny stainless-steel tanks of his microbrewery have occupied the old coach house overlooking the pub’s beer garden, where Brendan concocts a core range of five craſt brews swigged across the county and beyond. His Donegal Blonde has an easy-to-drink crispness, while local surfers lap up Mullys, a red ale he named aſter the waves that crash on nearby Mullaghmore. Sláinte! donegalbrewingcompany.com


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Sampling the beer at Donegal Brewing Company with owner Brendan O’Reilly


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