List of whiskey distilleries in Ireland
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.
Currently operating distilleries
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West Cork
Ahascragh
McConnell's
Rademon Estate
Baoilleach
Blackwater
Gr. Northern
Echlinville
Shed
Royal Oak
Connacht
Slane
Pearse Lyons
Clonakilty
Dublin Liberties
Ballykeefe
Powerscourt
Killowen
Achill Island
Burren
Lough Gill
Lough Mask
Crolly
Incomplete map of distilleries operating in Ireland (as of Mar. 2025)
| Distillery | Location | Founded | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achill Island | County Mayo | 2015 | Independent |
| Ahascragh | County Galway | 2018 | 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 | Mark Anthony Group |
| 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 | Sazerac Company |
| 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 | Pernod Ricard |
| 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 |
| West Cork | County Cork | 2003 | Independent |
| Wild Atlantic | County Tyrone | 2019 | Independent |
Closed distilleries
[edit]| 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 |
| Waterford | Waterford | 2016 | 2024 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
