Thursday, 23. January 2003

Dubliners raise their glasses to brewing genius


Two hundred years ago, the city of Dublin came to a standstill and thousands of mourners lined its cobbled streets to say goodbye to a brewing genius.

The bicentenary of the death of Arthur Guinness on Thursday was a less sombre occasion, with Dubliners only too happy to raise a glass or two in his memory.

¬> Reuters

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