31st May 1862 Arnotts come to Skibbereen.

Sir John Arnott from Scotland arrived in Cork in 1837  became a very successful businessman.  His ad gives a clue, brash, innovation compared to anything previously known in the Skibbereen Eagle.

He assembled huge estates, stores, breweries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Arnott

The stock was bought from welplys:
https://wordpress.com/post/28206803/4215

1-IMG_1611