About “House of Guinness” in a few words:

The show follows the legendary Guinness family in the 1860s after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness. His passing triggers a fierce struggle over his fortune and brewery, forcing his children—Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben—to confront secrets, power plays, and their loyalties. It’s period drama meets family feud, with political intrigue, heartache, and big ambitions brewing in every room.

Meet the characters from House of Guinness

Arthur Guinness

Arthur Guinness is the legendary, stubborn heart of the whole House of Guinness tale — founder, workhorse, and relentless idealist. He famously signed that absurd 9,000‑year lease like it was a grocery list item, which tells you everything about his confidence and sense of fate. He’s ridiculously particular about the beer (and the math), but also famous for humming while he stirs the mash and sneaking little experiments nobody’s supposed to know about. He can be frugal to the point of myth and also the kind of man who’ll insist you take the last biscuit with a theatrical bow — contradictory, stubborn, oddly affectionate.

Edward Guinness

Edward comes across like an aristocrat in tweed who also happens to love a good practical joke (very quiet, very calculated). He’s the patron, the quiet philanthropist — funds the hospitals, supports the arts, nods politely — and yet he has this weird soft spot for extravagantly useless gadgets. Polished, measured, meticulous, but with tiny rebellions: invests in modern things while arranging old silverware by century. There’s a dignity that can feel chilly at first, then surprisingly warm when he reveals a slightly ridiculous hobby or an impulsive donation to something small and human.

Sean Rafferty

Sean is the pub storyteller incarnate — part broadcaster, part old sailor, full of warmth and a million tiny asides. He tells a tale like he’s pouring a pint: slow, richly layered, and somehow you’re always left happier and a bit wetter-eyed. He collects random coaster art and matchbooks and will forget his glasses while they’re on his head, which is a running joke no one can let go of. He’s sentimental but sharp, the kind of person who notices when the room’s mood shifts and will change the song on the jukebox at exactly the right, slightly dramatic moment.

Anne Plunket

Anne Plunket is the housedame with a clipboard and a secret stash of charm — the organizer, the disciplinarian, and the one who secretly knits ridiculous jumpers. She runs hospitality like a military operation but will slip you a doodled note and a slice of cake to prove she’s not all orders and teaspoons. Practical to a fault, she’ll enforce rules with laser focus yet somehow rearrange them overnight to make things better (or more comfortable) without announcing it. Stern, maternal, mischievous in the margins — she’s the person you half fear and wholly trust, and she’ll pretend she doesn’t care while arranging your cushions.

John Potter

John Potter is the steady hand behind the scenes — the head of “how the hell does this actually work” and proud of it. Obsessively practical, obsessed with fermentation graphs, schedules, and the one scratched copper kettle he rescued from some yard sale and treats like family. He’s a walking troubleshooting guide who can fix a pump at three in the morning and then cry at a sentimental ad five minutes later, because of course he can. Dry humor, secret goofy dance moves by the barrels, and a tendency to explain how to tie knots unprompted make him both infuriatingly competent and quietly lovable.