Editing C&C Group (section)

===Early history===
[[File:Cantrell and Cochrane , Nassau Place, Dublin 2.png|thumb|Illustration of Cantrell and Cochrane factory, Nassau Place, Dublin 2 c1870]]

The company was founded by Dr Thomas Cantrell, who opened a shop in [[Belfast]] in 1852 selling [[soft drink]]s. He went into partnership with [[Alderman]] Henry Cochrane in Dublin in 1868, thereafter trading as '''Cantrell & Cochrane Limited'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beveragecouncilofireland.ie |title=Beverage Council of Ireland |publisher=Beveragecouncilofireland.ie |access-date=2012-12-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521110338/http://beveragecouncilofireland.ie/ |archive-date=21 May 2013 }}</ref> Cochrane was appointed a [[Cochrane baronets|baronet]] in 1903.<ref>Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History – CC |url=https://candcgroupplc.com/history/ |access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref> For several decades, its main Dublin factory was based at [[Nassau Street, Dublin|Nassau Place]], between [[Kildare Street]] and South Frederick Street.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-1.784708|title=An Irishman's Diary|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=15 June 2009|access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref>

A particularly famous product in Ireland is C&C [[Club Orange]], a carbonated orange soft drink developed in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britvic.ie/en/Our-brands/Club-Orange.aspx|title=Our brands|publisher=Britvic|access-date=24 January 2016}}</ref> Other flavours were subsequently developed, such as Club Lemon and Club Rock Shandy (an orange and lemon blend). With C&C's increasing emphasis on alcoholic beverages, the Club range of soft drinks and bottled water was sold to [[Britvic|Britvic Ireland]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/c-c-sells-soft-drinks-unit-for-249m-1.1205898|title=C&C sells soft drinks unit for €249m|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=30 September 2018}}</ref>

In 1937, William Magner in [[Clonmel]] acquired the rights to produce the Bulmer's Cider brand in the [[Republic of Ireland]] from [[H. P. Bulmer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.candcgroupplc.com/about/history |title=History – C&C Group |publisher=Candcgroupplc.com |access-date=2012-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120083251/http://www.candcgroupplc.com/about/history |archive-date=20 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> C&C introduced [[Magners]] cider in 1999, as it only held rights to Bulmers in the [[Republic of Ireland]] and wanted to expand into the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/may/10/food.foodanddrink|title=Bulmers to take on Magners in a cider decider|work=The Guardian|date=10 May 2006|access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref>