List of whiskey distilleries in Ireland

This is an incomplete list of whiskey distilleries in Ireland. According to the Irish Whiskey Association, as of December 2019, there were 32 whiskey distilleries in operation in Ireland.[1] As of 2024 November there are 47 operational distilleries.[2] However, many of these were recently established and had not yet aged their own spirits for sale as whiskey.

Currently operating distilleries

List of whiskey distilleries in Ireland is located in island of Ireland
West Cork
West Cork
Rademon Estate
Rademon Estate
Blackwater
Blackwater
Great Northern
Great Northern
Echlinville
Echlinville
Shed
Shed
Waterford
Waterford
Royal Oak
Royal Oak
Connacht Whiskey
Connacht Whiskey
Slane
Slane
Pearse Lyons
Pearse Lyons
Clonakilty
Clonakilty
Dublin Liberties
Dublin Liberties
Ballykeefe
Ballykeefe
Powerscourt
Powerscourt
Killowen
Killowen
Achill Island
Achill Island
Burren
Burren
Lough Gill
Lough Gill
Lough Mask
Lough Mask
Crolly
Crolly
Distilleries operating in Ireland (as of Dec. 2019)
Distillery Location Founded Owner
Achill Island County Mayo 2015 Independent
Ardara County Donegal 2020 Independent
Ballykeefe County Kilkenny 2017 Independent
Baoilleach County Donegal 2019 Independent
Blacks of Kinsale County Cork 2015 Independent
Blackwater County Waterford 2014 Independent
Boann County Meath 2019 Independent
Burren County Clare 2019 Independent
Church of Oak County Kildare 2023 Independent
Clonakilty County Cork 2016 Independent
Connacht County Mayo 2014 Independent
Cooley County Louth 1987 Suntory Global Spirits
Copeland County Down 2019 Independent
Crolly County Donegal 2020 Independent
Dingle Dingle 2012 Porterhouse Group
Dublin Liberties Dublin 2018 Independent
Echlinville County Down 2013 Independent
Glendalough County Wicklow 2013 Independent
Glendree County Clare 2019 Independent
Great Northern County Louth 2015 John Teeling
Hinch County Down 2020 Independent
Kilbeggan Kilbeggan 1757 Suntory Global Spirits
Killarney County Kerry 2020 Independent
Killowen County Down 2019 Independent
Lough Gill County Sligo 2019 Independent
Lough Mask County Mayo 2019 Independent
Lough Ree County Longford 2018 Independent
McConnell’s Belfast 2024 Belfast Distillery Company
Micil Galway 2016 Independent
Midleton Midleton 1975 Irish Distillers
Old Bushmills Bushmills 1784 Proximo Spirits
Pearse Lyons Dublin 2017 Independent
Powerscourt County Wicklow 2018 Independent
Rademon Estate County Down 2015 Independent
Roe & Co Dublin 2019 Diageo
Royal Oak County Carlow 2016 Independent
Scott’s Irish Whiskey County Fermanagh 2019 Independent
Slane County Meath 2018 Brown-Forman
Teeling Dublin 2015 Bacardi Limited
The Shed County Leitrim 2013 Independent
Tipperary County Tipperary 2020 Independent
Titanic Belfast 2023 Titanic Distillers
Tullamore Tullamore 2014 William Grant & Sons
Waterford Waterford 2016 Independent
West Cork County Cork 2003 Independent
Wild Atlantic County Tyrone 2019 Independent

Closed distilleries

Distillery Location Founded Year closed
Bandon Bandon 1826 1929
Birr County Offaly 1805 1889
Bishop's Water Wexford 1827 1915
Burt Burt 1814 1841
Daly's Cork 1807 1807
Dundalk Dundalk 1708 1926
Green Cork 1796 1870
Hackett's Midleton 1824 1845
Jones Road Dublin 1873 1945
John's Lane Dublin 1796 1976
Limavady Limavady 1805 1914
Marlfield Marlfield 1817 1856
Marrowbone Lane Dublin 1752 1923
North Mall Cork 1779 1920
Nun's Island Galway 1846 1915
Old Jameson Dublin 1780 1971
Old Midleton Midleton 1825 1975
Old Tullamore Tullamore 1829 1954
Royal Irish Belfast 1868 1938
Thomas Street Dublin 1757 1926
Watercourse Cork 1795 1975

References

  1. ^ "Whiskey industry in Ireland". DrinksIreland.ie. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Irish Whiskey Magazine - Irish whiskey distilleries". Irish Whiskey Magazine. Retrieved 2024-11-23.

Bibliography

  • Amber, Kate (2018). Ireland's Whiskey Guide. Amber Publisher.
  • Mulryan, Peter (2024). The Whiskeys of Ireland. O'Brien Press, Limited.
  • Townsend, Brian (1999). The Lost Distilleries of Ireland. Neil Wilson.