Arthur Guinness the United Irishmen during the 1798 rebellion and was accused of spying for the British. and was against Irish home-rule. In general, the Guinness family became Irish Unionists and Arthur Guinness accepted the system, with Arthur ""directly opposed to any movement toward Irish independence"" and wanting ""Ireland to remain under British control"". Guinness leased a brewery in Leixlip in 1755, brewing ale. Five years later he left his younger brother Richard in charge of that enterprise and moved on to another in St. James' Gate, Dublin, at the end of 1759. The 9,000-year lease he signed for the brewery is
History of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines the upcoming centenary of the school and the improvements of the facilities of the university and its other campuses. In 2004, the university celebrated its centennial anniversary with the theme ""PUP: Kabalikat ng Pamahalaan sa Pag-angat ng Antas ng Kabuhayan ng Mamamayan"". As part of the celebration and to highlight the signing of the Declaration of Peace to be put before the United Nations, the university broke the record for the world's largest human rainbow consisting of 30,365 students, faculty, staff and alumni. In 2005, Dr. Dante G. Guevarra became the University President. His administration lasted 6 years, from 2005-2011.