brewery ireland ltd. industry brewing founded 1856 founder james j. murphy headquarters cork ireland products beer owner heineken international website http www.murphys.com murphy s brewery was a brewery founded in cork ireland in 1856 by james jeremiah murphy james j. murphy . 1 2 it was known as lady s well brewery until it was purchased by heineken international in 1983 when the name changed to murphy brewery ireland ltd. 3 the name of the brewery was recently changed to heineken brewery ireland ltd. the brewery produces heineken murphy s stout and other heineken products for the irish market . by 1906 murphy s brewery was ireland s second largest brewer after guinness . 4 contents 1 beers 1.1 murphy s stout 1.2 irish red 2 references 3 further reading 4 external links beers edit 1919 advert for murphy s cork brewery murphy s stout edit main article murphy s irish stout murphy s is a dry stout . the brewers describe murphys irish stout as smooth and creamy with a subtle bitterness and it is a competitor of guinness . murphy s irish stout has a slightly nutty flavour with a slight hint of coffee which is less bitter than the guinness brand of stout . the manufacturers had a television advertising campaign in the uk voiced by actor tony clarkin which played on this fact like the murphy s i m not bitter . in the u.s. murphy s has relied on discovery and word of mouth to build the brand . the murphy s brand hit its volume pinnacle in the u.s. in 1997 but in subsequent years it has declined due to other company priorities . citation needed irish red edit a glass of murphy s irish red in 1983 after the murphy s brand was bought by dutch brewer heineken international irish red was launched for the export market as it was hoped that it would be more popular than stout overseas . 5 references edit terry gourvish ; richard g. wilson 1 september 2003 . the dynamics of the modern brewing industry . taylor & francis . p. 111 . isbn 978 0 203 44069 8 . murphy s . the mayor of old town . retrieved 21 march 2015 . the oxford companion to beer . oxford university press . 9 september 2011 . p. 428 . isbn 978 0 19 991210 0 . murphy s brewery ucc library the oxford companion to beer . oxford university press . 9 september 2011 . p. 601 . isbn 978 0 19 991210 0 . further reading edit drisceoil diarmuid and drisceoil donal the murphy s story the history of lady s well brewery cork . cork murphy brewery ireland 1997 external links edit official site v t e heineken international subsidiaries bralima brewery bralirwa brewery brarudi calanda br u central de cervejas heineken asia pacific archipelago brewery db breweries double brown monteith s heineken hung ria karlova ka pivovara le ajsk brewery cieszyn brewery elbrewery warka brewery ywiec brewery murphy s brewery murphy s irish stout nigerian breweries sierra leone brewery limited brands beamish and crawford bintang beer birra moretti h. p. bulmer bulmers foster s lager heineken heineken oud bruin heineken premium light heineken tarwebok karlova ko killian s lagunitas brewing company la ko brewery maes pils m tzig newcastle brown ale piton royal club scrumpy jack john smith s brewery stolichno strongbow surinaamse brouwerij woodpecker cider zagorka zlat ba ant facilities 2012 holland heineken house amstel brewery cuauht moc moctezuma brewery holland heineken house people charlene de carvalho heineken freddy heineken henry joseph kelliher related heineken experience kidnapping of freddy heineken sisi retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title murphy % 27s brewery & oldid 742539499 categories beer in irelandcompanies established in 1856irish brandsheineken subsidiariesheineken brandsfood and drink companies established in 1856hidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2008 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisnederlandsportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 08 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view