List of whiskey distilleries in Ireland

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This is an incomplete list of whiskey distilleries in Ireland. According to the Irish Whiskey Association, as of March 2025, there are 50 operational distilleries on the Island of Ireland. [1] However, many of these were recently established and had not yet aged their own spirits for sale as whiskey.

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Currently operating distilleries

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West Cork
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Ahascragh
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McConnell's
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Rademon Estate
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Baoilleach
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Blackwater
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Gr. Northern
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Echlinville
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Shed
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Royal Oak
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Connacht
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Slane
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Pearse Lyons
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Clonakilty
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Dublin Liberties
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Ballykeefe
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Powerscourt
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Killowen
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Achill Island
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Burren
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Lough Gill
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Lough Mask
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Crolly
Incomplete map of distilleries operating in Ireland (as of Mar. 2025)
DistilleryLocationFoundedOwner
Achill Island County Mayo 2015Independent
Ahascragh County Galway 2018Independent
Ardara County Donegal 2020Independent
Ballykeefe County Kilkenny 2017Independent
Baoilleach County Donegal 2019Independent
Blacks of Kinsale County Cork 2015Independent
Blackwater County Waterford 2014Independent
Boann County Meath 2019Independent
Burren County Clare 2019Independent
Church of Oak County Kildare 2023Independent
Clonakilty County Cork 2016Independent
Connacht County Mayo 2014Independent
Cooley County Louth 1987 Suntory Global Spirits
Copeland County Down 2019Independent
Crolly County Donegal 2020Independent
Dingle Dingle 2012 Porterhouse Group
Dublin Liberties Dublin 2018Independent
Echlinville County Down 2013Independent
Glendalough County Wicklow 2013Mark Anthony Group
Glendree County Clare 2019Independent
Great Northern County Louth 2015 John Teeling
Hinch County Down 2020Independent
Kilbeggan Kilbeggan 1757 Suntory Global Spirits
Killarney County Kerry 2020Independent
Killowen County Down 2019Independent
Lough Gill County Sligo 2019 Sazerac Company
Lough Mask County Mayo 2019Independent
Lough Ree County Longford 2018Independent
McConnell’s Belfast 2024Belfast Distillery Company
Micil Galway 2016Independent
Midleton Midleton 1975 Pernod Ricard
Old Bushmills Bushmills 1784 Proximo Spirits
Pearse Lyons Dublin 2017Independent
Powerscourt County Wicklow 2018Independent
Rademon Estate County Down 2015Independent
Roe & Co Dublin 2019 Diageo
Royal Oak County Carlow 2016Independent
Scott’s Irish Whiskey County Fermanagh 2019Independent
Slane County Meath 2018 Brown-Forman
Teeling Dublin 2015 Bacardi Limited
The Shed County Leitrim 2013Independent
Tipperary County Tipperary 2020Independent
Titanic Belfast 2023Titanic Distillers
Tullamore Tullamore 2014 William Grant & Sons
West Cork County Cork 2003Independent
Wild Atlantic County Tyrone 2019Independent

Closed distilleries

DistilleryLocationFoundedYear closed
Bandon Bandon 18261929
Birr County Offaly 18051889
Bishop's Water Wexford 18271915
Burt Burt 18141841
Daly's Cork 18071807
Dundalk Dundalk 17081926
Green Cork 17961870
Hackett's Midleton 18241845
Jones Road Dublin 18731945
John's Lane Dublin 17961976
Limavady Limavady 18051914
Marlfield Marlfield 18171856
Marrowbone Lane Dublin 17521923
North Mall Cork 17791920
Nun's Island Galway 18461915
Old Jameson Dublin 17801971
Old Midleton Midleton 18251975
Old Tullamore Tullamore 18291954
Royal Irish Belfast 18681938
Thomas Street Dublin 17571926
Watercourse Cork 17951975
Waterford Waterford 20162024

References

  1. "Irish Whiskey Association Marks International Irish Whiskey Day as Industry Surpasses €1 Billion in Exports". IBEC (Drinks Ireland | Irish Whiskey Association). 3 March 2025. Retrieved 2025-03-26.

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