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The Tyrconnell is a historic brand of Irish whiskey that has been revived by the Kilbeggan Distilling Company's Cooley Distillery owned by Suntory Global Spirits, a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan. The brand was previously owned by the Watt Distillery, which (according to the company) dates back to 1762.
Midleton whiskey variants have received strong reviews from a number of sources over the years, for instance: In 2016, Jim Murray, whiskey writer and author of the Whisky Bible rated Midleton Dair Ghaelach number three in his 2016 World Whiskeys of the Year. At the time, that was the highest position Murray had ever ranked an Irish whiskey. [8]
The old Jameson Distillery in Bow Street near Smithfield in Dublin now serves as a museum which offers tours and tastings. The distillery, which is historical in nature and no longer produces whiskey on site, went through a $12.6 million renovation that was concluded in March 2016, and is now a focal part of Ireland's strategy to raise the ...
The Old Bushmills Distillery is an Irish whiskey distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, established in 1784 and owned by Proximo Spirits. Bushmills Distillery uses water drawn from Saint Columb's Rill, which is a tributary of the River Bush. The distillery is a popular tourist attraction, with around 120,000 visitors per year.
Cooley Distillery is an Irish whiskey distillery on the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth, Ireland established in 1987 and owned by Suntory Global Spirits, a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan. The distillery was converted in 1987 from an older potato alcohol plant by entrepreneur John Teeling.
The Thomas Street Distillery, run by the Roe Family, was once the largest in Britain and Ireland, with an output of two million gallons per annum at its peak. [2] It was located opposite Guinness' St. James' Gate brewery. After the distillery closed in 1926, some of its buildings were purchased and incorporated into the Guinness Brewery.
Royal Irish Distillery, Belfast, County Antrim (1868–1938 or later) – Among Ireland's largest distilleries in the 1890s, the Royal Irish was the home of Dunville's whisky. Although the distillery is now gone, Dunville's was resurrected as an Irish whiskey brand by the Echlinville Distillery in 2013. Bandon Distillery, Bandon, County Cork ...
In the 1920s and 1930s in Ireland, whiskey was sold in casks from the distillery to wholesalers, who would in turn sell it on to publicans. [7] To prevent fluctuations in quality due to middlemen diluting their casks, Cork Distilleries Company decided to bottle their own whiskey known as Paddy, becoming one of the first to do so. [7]