North Ludlow Axel Beamish

North Ludlow Axel Beamish (14 June 1842 – 16 May 1923), known as North L.A Beamish, was born on 14 June 1842 in Annemount, Glounthaune, County Cork, the eldest son of North Ludlow Beamish. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and later became a director of the family-held Beamish and Crawford brewery.

A cattle breeder and exhibitor, he served as treasurer of the Munster Agricultural Society for a number of years. He also served on the committee which organised the Cork International Exhibition of 1902–1903. By 1895, he was living at Ashgrove, Queenstown, County Cork. Beamish bought Ballymacshanroe Castle on Great Island in the late 19th century.

He died on 16 May 1923, while staying at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, and was buried in Old Church Cemetery, Cobh.