The manufacturing sector of the 1920s Irish Free State was substantially more complex in structure than occasional references to a ‘beer and biscuits’ economy suggest. There were nine factories employing 500 workers or more in 1929, while the larger firms in sectors such as bacon curing, flour milling and fertilisers each operated more than a single factory. This article identifies the largest manufacturing firms and establishments of the era, as well as the largest within each industrial sector. Twenty-two firms had workforces of a minimum of around 400. Three of the five largest were foreign subsidiaries, the most significant of which – the Ford Motor Company – employed, at one stage, more than twice as many workers as Guinness. Of the larger indigenous companies, the majority were Protestant-owned, though Catholic-owned firms dominated in certain industrial segments.

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1929 年爱尔兰自由邦的领先制造企业

1920 年代爱尔兰自由邦的制造业在结构上比偶尔提到的“啤酒和饼干”经济所暗示的要复杂得多。1929 年，有 9 家工厂雇佣了 500 名或更多工人，而培根腌制、面粉加工和化肥等行业的大公司都经营着不止一家工厂。本文确定了那个时代最大的制造公司和机构，以及每个工业部门中最大的制造公司。22 家公司的员工人数至少约为 400 人。5 家最大的公司中有 3 家是外国子公司，其中最重要的一家——福特汽车公司——在某个阶段雇佣的员工人数是吉尼斯公司的两倍多。在较大的本土公司中，大多数是新教徒拥有的，