We spent most of Sunday on the Dublin Bus. We had a shuttle pick up at our hotel to one of the stops, then proceeded throughout the route. We had tickets to either Guinness Storehouse or Jaimeson Distillery. It was fairly early on Sunday and the cruise line and tour buses hadn't found their way to Guinness, so we decided to stop. This was one of the best manufacturing / production tours we had ever seen. They had taken one of the old brewery buildings and outfitted 5 floors with a great display telling the Guinness story since 1759. The ticket seller told us the first Guinness in the USA was in North Carolina in 1817. We accused him of making that up. There is no Guinness production in the USA today. The top floor houses the Gravity Bar where you can tip a pint for free!! There is a full 360 degree view of the city which is worth the entire visit.
The Guinness trademark is the Celtic Harp which they had copy written years ago. Since this is also the symbol of Ireland, all of the Irish cymbals flipped the symbol horizontally to make sure there was no confusion.
An ancient Celtic harp on display. If you ran your hands across the glass, the harp would play!
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