When Arthur Guinness opened the original Guinness Brewery in Dublin in 1759, he signed a 9,000-year lease on the property, which required a small deposit and locked in an annual rent equivelent to $85 USD.Friday, August 21, 2009
Today's Little Known Fact about Ireland
When Arthur Guinness opened the original Guinness Brewery in Dublin in 1759, he signed a 9,000-year lease on the property, which required a small deposit and locked in an annual rent equivelent to $85 USD.
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Wow! Now someone was thinking back then. Did you know that he and I share the same birthday? The day, not the year. But sometimes I feel as old as him though.
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