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McDonagh & Shea Winnipeg Brewery

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Also known as McDonagh and Shea Brewery, Shea's Brewery, Shea Brewery

Closed · 1926Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1887
Closed
1926
Archive ID
TB-H4SB0KM7
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From the record

Summary

Historical production brewery. McDonagh & Shea lineage is bounded at 1926, when the business was reincorporated as Shea's Winnipeg Brewery Limited under Manitoba's new liquor-production regime. The 1887 purchase of The Winnipeg Brewery remains the predecessor event.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Tally’s Take

Patrick Shea and John McDonagh bought The Winnipeg Brewery in 1887 and ran it under their own names for thirty-nine years — by a distance the steadiest stretch the business had had after five ownerships in its first fourteen years. It ends in 1926, and not with a closure: the company was reincorporated as Shea's Winnipeg Brewery Limited under Manitoba's new liquor-production regime. The archive bounds the McDonagh & Shea identity there and carries the same business forward under the new name.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1887
    Shea and McDonagh purchase

    Acquire The Winnipeg Brewery, founded 1873.

  2. 1926
    Reincorporated as Shea's

    Becomes Shea's Winnipeg Brewery Limited under Manitoba's new liquor-production regime.

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Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/2021/01/31/barley-bootleggers-and-... for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.

    Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19
  2. historyProbable

    Lineage dates as recorded in Manitoba Pass 26: 1887, 1926.

    Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19

Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.

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Straight answers

Common questions about McDonagh & Shea Winnipeg Brewery

Is McDonagh & Shea Winnipeg Brewery still open?
No. McDonagh & Shea Winnipeg Brewery has closed (1926). Historical production brewery. McDonagh & Shea lineage is bounded at 1926, when the business was reincorporated as Shea's Winnipeg Brewery Limited under Manitoba's new liquor-production regime. The 1887 purchase of The Winnipeg Brewery remains the predecessor event.
When was McDonagh & Shea Winnipeg Brewery founded?
McDonagh & Shea Winnipeg Brewery was founded in 1887 in Winnipeg, Canada.
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