Lett's Brewery

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Lett's Brewery (officially Mill Park Brewery) was a beer manufacturer based in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. It opened in 1864.

Owned by G.H. Lett & Co., Ltd., the brewery halted beer production in 1956. It was the last small independent brewery in Ireland. However, since 1981 Lett's allowed its famous Enniscorthy Ruby Ale recipe to be brewed under license by Coors of Colorado, USA. It is now marketed as Killian's Irish Red.

In France, the same beer was marketed by Pelforth as George Killian's Biere Rousse.

[edit] Abbey

An old abbey site is located Lett's Brewery site, the original bell is said to remain today.[1] The Enniscorthy friary site is locate just off the present Abbey Square. Founded in 1460and suppressed in 1540. The last three friars were killed when the friary was plundered by Sir Henry Wallop in 1582. Friars returned to the abbey between 1642 and 1650, and again from 1661 on then fades into obscurity around 1750.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wexford 1993:223; Abbey Square, Enniscorthy (web). Data base of Irish excavation reports. excavations.ie (1993). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  2. ^ Inis Córthaigh / Enniscorthy (Co. Wexford) (web). Irish Franciscans. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
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