Though it was one of the largest distilleries of its time only few people remember their whiskey. The distillery was located in ‘the golden triangle’ of distilling in Dublin. In 1891, the distillery was starting to feel the effects of cheap blended Scotch whiskies and joined forces with the DWD Distillery in Jones Road and the William Jameson Distillery in Read more...

Tullamore Dew is today the second largest Irish whiskey in the world. Tullamore D.E.W. is triple distilled and a unique blend of all three types of Irish whiskey – pot still, malt and grain whiskey. Read more...

The Old Jameson Distillery is the original site where Jameson Irish Whiskey was distilled until 1971. Today the location is remodeled into a tourist attraction with tasting room, restaurant and shop. The original distillery was called Bow Street Distillery (John Jameson & Son) dating back to 1780. It is one of the oldest distilleries in Ireland. John Jameson, who bought Read more...

The New Midleton distillery is alongside the Old Midleton Distillery in Midleton, County Cork. The New Midleton Distillery was formed in 1966 by merging three great Irish Whiskey distillers: John Jameson & Sons, established in Dublin in 1780; Powers & Sons, who were founded in Dublin in 1791 and the Cork Distillery whose origins date back to 1825. Today, Midleton Read more...

Kilbeggan Distillery (formerly Brusna Distillery and Locke’s Distillery) was founded in 1757 and is situated on the River Brosna in Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, Ireland. It is believed to be the oldest licensed distillery in the world. The Kilbeggan Distillery Experience includes a restaurant, the Locke’s distillery museum and it is a major tourist attraction in Irland. Read more...

Alltech, a global biotech company from Kentucky, is known to have its own yeast for distilling developed as well as additional expertise in the use of enzymes for distilling. In 2012 Alltech has formed a joint venture with Carlow Brewing Company in Ireland and shipped new whiskey stills from the US to the brewery in Ireland. Though, the new whiskey Read more...

Cooley Distillery is nestled in the foothills of the Cooley Mountains in Co. Louth. It is an Irish whiskey distillery founded by John Teeling that was converted in 1987 from an older patato schnapps plant into a whiskey distillery. In 2011 Beam Inc. purchased the Cooley plant for US$95 million. Read more...

In 2013 after much expansion West Cork Distillers moved to a larger location in Skibbereen, West Cork where it now resides. The distillery operates as only one of two independent distilleries in Ireland. Read more...