Among the scores of people who have binged Netflix’s House of Guinness to date, and have kept the series at the number one spot in Ireland and the UK, was the great-great-grandson of one of the main characters.
Although “surreal” to see his family’s story depicted, Edward Guinness, the 4th Earl of Iveagh, disagrees with some of the depictions, though believes the portrayal of his great-great-grandfather, Edward, is largely faithful, describing him as a “stickler” and “assiduous”.
The Guinness heir had no part in the show’s production, though it was conceived by his cousin, Ivana Lowell, who is said to have been inspired while on a trip to Leixlip Castle in Co Kildare, during which she saw an episode of Downton Abbey.
House of Guinness was subsequently helmed by Steven Knight, the creator of Peaky Blinders.
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