Speculation
In the book 'The thirsty Dragon' by Lyn Ebenezer it claims that Guinness originated from North wales, she suggests that an Arthur Price, who was a Welshman, created a drink believed to have been called 'porter' and took the recipe with him to Ireland. Later on he hired a servant called Richard Guinness, Richard became a father and as a respect for Arthur he named his child after him and Price became young Arthur's godfather. Arthur Guinness following his fathers footsteps opened up a brewery and possibly used the same ingredience.
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