Tony Corcoran
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Tony Corcoran | |
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| Born | Ireland |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Notable works | The Goodness of Guinness |
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Tony Corcoran is an Irish writer. He is the author of The Goodness of Guinness, a book which examines the brewery's operation and the working lives of the thousands of Dublin people who depended on Guinness for their livelihood. He previously spent 38 years working in Guinness.
Corcoran's grandparents joined Guinness in 1891, and his father started working for the company in 1924. Tony himself spent thirty-eight years in Guinness, working in the highly specialised brewing area. He later took on a growing responsibility for staff training, becoming brewing training manager. On retiring from the company in 1996, he set out to mine the company's extensive archive in order to chart the history of the James's Gate Brewery and, in particular, Guinness's progressive approach to staff welfare.[1]
