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A Guinness Book That’s Not About Guinness Trivia: Why Pints and Power Belongs on Your Shelf

A Guinness Book That’s Not About Guinness Trivia: Why Pints and Power Belongs on Your Shelf

If you’re searching for a Guinness book, keep reading... Pints and Power is different: a story-driven, research-backed look at Guinness as a lens for Irish identity, pub culture, and belonging.

A pint of Guinness in the foreground and a black and white historic image of the Dublin GPO

Easter Rising 110 Years Later: Memory, Ritual, and Irish Identity

Illustration showing an empty pub. On the tap a note reads "NO FUEL. NO PINTS." In the background a barkeep stands in the doorway looking at the street lined with farm tractors and lorries.

When the Trucks Stop, the Pint Trembles: Guinness, Fuel Blockades, and Ireland’s Quiet Currency

an AI image of crowds of Irish people in the streets lined by farm tractors and lorries, Ireland flags waving in the air, Garda officers present.

Pints and Power and Petrol

An ethereal pint floats above the bar glowing as if it were an apparition.

The Two-Part Pour and the Magic Behind a Perfect Pint of Guinness

A double image. On the left a warm pub scene. A pint on a table waiting. On the right - a view of a Dublin pub at night from outside

A St. Patrick’s Day Check-In

The Ladd Trio perform the song "Blackstone Cuil" at Boland's Bar and Patio - Mike playing guitar, Steve on bass guitar and John on drums.

Mike Ladd’s “Blackstone Cúil”: An Excerpt + Live at Boland’s

Guinness History

four ghostly apparitions stand in a hallway. each representing a member of the first four generations of Guinness leaders

The Guinness Leaders Who Shaped the Pint (1759–Today)

A quick, skimmable timeline of who ran Guinness from 1759 to today, from the early family generations at St. James’s Gate through Guinness plc and the Diageo era, plus why leadership titles change after 1886.

St. Stephen’s Day in Ireland: Traditions, Community, and the Guinness Connection

St. Stephen’s Day in Ireland: Traditions, Community, and the Guinness Connection

A wall covered with various Guinness and other adverts and photos likely from inside an Irish pub

Guinness and the Power of Advertising: Building an Irish Icon

Guinness and Ireland: Heart, History, and the Modern Irish Imagination

Guinness and Ireland: Heart, History, and the Modern Irish Imagination

Pub Culture

A double image. On the left a warm pub scene. A pint on a table waiting. On the right - a view of a Dublin pub at night from outside

A St. Patrick’s Day Check-In

Some years St. Patrick’s Day sounds like Boland’s in Worcester. Other years it feels more like Dublin. Either way, it brings me back to the same questions about belonging—and how we practice it.

The Pint That Made Me Question Everything

The Pint That Made Me Question Everything

When the Price of a Pint Becomes News

When the Price of a Pint Becomes News

Three pristine classic tulip glasses glistening in a waterfall with water cascading in and around them

The Secret to a Great Guinness Pint Starts Before the Pour

Why the "How" You Order a Guinness Matters

Why the "How" You Order a Guinness Matters

Black-and-white editorial cartoon featuring caricatures of classic Guinness animals—toucan, sea lion, ostrich, and kangaroo sporting Guinness mustaches.

The Guinness Mustache: A Toast to the Original Badge of Honor

A perfect pint of Guinness in the foreground and in the back we see musicians playing instruments during an Irish seisiún

When the Pub Falls Silent: Irish Pub Music, Rebel Songs, and the Power of Listening

Irish History

A pint of Guinness in the foreground and a black and white historic image of the Dublin GPO

Easter Rising 110 Years Later: Memory, Ritual, and Irish Identity

Late April arrives and Ireland returns to 1916, not for a refresher course, but for ritual. The 110th anniversary of the Easter Rising is a reminder that remembrance is how identity stays alive: argued over, carried forward, and kept human in the places people still gather.

A rendered image of Michael Collins in a pub, with two glasses of Guinness on a table and one empty bottle, men in shadows in the background. "Michael Collins, Pubs and Pints of Guinness"

Michael Collins, Guinness, and the Irish Pub: History in a Pint

Daniel O’Connell and Arthur Guinness II — Catholic Emancipation, work, and a political break in Irish history

Kindred Spirits, Divided Paths

The Women Behind the Guinness Name

July 11, 1921 Truce I. The Irish Revolution

A Pint Between Wars: Guinness, Ireland, and the Years In Between

The Pint That Traveled Further Than the Crown

The Pint That Traveled Further Than the Crown

Behind the Book

A Guinness Book That’s Not About Guinness Trivia: Why Pints and Power Belongs on Your Shelf

A Guinness Book That’s Not About Guinness Trivia: Why Pints and Power Belongs on Your Shelf

If you’re searching for a Guinness book, keep reading... Pints and Power is different: a story-driven, research-backed look at Guinness as a lens for Irish identity, pub culture, and belonging.

What I'm Working on Now

What I'm Working on Now

Unveiling the Scottish Roots Behind Pints and Power

Unveiling the Scottish Roots Behind Pints and Power

Where it Began

Where it Began

Our Gougane Barra Wedding: A Father’s Reflection on Resilience, Family, and Irish Spirit

Our Gougane Barra Wedding: A Father’s Reflection on Resilience, Family, and Irish Spirit

The author with his First Pour Early Release of Pints and Power at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin

Visiting the Guinness Archives in Dublin

Raise a Glass: Pints and Power Launches at Boland’s

Raise a Glass: Pints and Power Launches at Boland’s

Guinness

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A Guinness Book That’s Not About Guinness Trivia: Why Pints and Power Belongs on Your Shelf

Easter Rising 110 Years Later: Memory, Ritual, and Irish Identity

When the Trucks Stop, the Pint Trembles: Guinness, Fuel Blockades, and Ireland’s Quiet Currency

The Two-Part Pour and the Magic Behind a Perfect Pint of Guinness

A St. Patrick’s Day Check-In

Ritual in the Glass

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The Color of Guinness: Why ‘The Black Stuff’ Looks Black (and Glows Ruby Red)

The Secret to a Great Guinness Pint Starts Before the Pour

Why the "How" You Order a Guinness Matters

The Guinness Mustache: A Toast to the Original Badge of Honor

Blasphemy or Belonging: The Art (and Controversy) of Mixing Guinness

In the News

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Press Release: Pints and Power Explores Irish Identity and Belonging Through the Ritual of a Shared Pint

"Pints and Power" Featured in The New York Telegraph

"Pints and Power" in Pulse Magazine: The Story Behind the Book

“Pints and Power” on the Air: My Interview with Hank Stolz on Radio Worcester

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