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Article: GUINNESS' GRAVE MISTAKE; IRISH SUNDAY PEOPLE UNEARTHS BURIAL PLACE OF ARTHUR GUINNESS IGNORED AND FORGOTTEN FOR 200 YEARS.(News)
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- The People (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2000
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HERE lies the best known Irishman in history .... in a grave hardly anyone knows about and even less visit.
Stout king Arthur Guinness was buried almost 200 years ago after leaving behind the famous recipe for the pint that would carry his name - and the name of Ireland - across the world.
But today only a handful of local folk in Co Kildare know where to find him.
And as for the modern day multi-national brewers, they don't seem to care.
There are no signposts, no maps to his grave and even in the nearby town of Naas, few know where he ...