Ulysses by James Joyce includes several references to Ardilaun, as Joyce considered him to be a prime Irish example of Victorian conventional respectability.
Born in China, he is the great-great-great-grandson of Arthur Guinness, the Dublin brewer.
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It was purchased from the 4th Earl of Iveagh in 1999 for €29.2 million.
In 2010 The Right Honourable Desmond Guinness, a direct descendant of Guinness Brewery founder Arthur Guinness, will serve as the parade's grand marshal.