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Old Midleton Distillery (via Dungourney 1964) whiskey distillery

Old Midleton Distillery (via Dungourney 1964) factsheet

Name Pronounced AKA Region
Old Midleton Distillery (via Dungourney 1964) Munster
Country of Origin Status Active Whisky Type
Ireland Closed 1825
Website Tours Available Owned by Parent Group
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Old Midleton Distillery (via Dungourney 1964) Timeline:

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  1. 1796Building dates from 1796, designed as a woollen mill by Marcus Lynch (lands leased from Viscount Midleton).
  2. 1823After a spell as a Napoleonic-wars military barracks, the Government sold the building to the Archbishop of Cashel (the Viscount's brother) for £1,750; it later reverted to Lord Midleton, who sold it to James Murphy and his two brothers for £4,000.
  3. 1825The Murphys convert it into a distillery, establishing the great Cork tradition.
  4. 1867James Murphy, its first managing director, carries the Cork region through the Cork Distilleries Company amalgamation.
  5. 1966Cork Distilleries joins John Jameson & Son and John Power & Son in the Irish Distillers amalgamation; production is set to concentrate at a new Midleton complex.
  6. 1975Old Midleton completed 150 years of distilling and surrendered to the new Irish Distillers complex; the world's-largest pot still was in use until 1975.
  7. 1975Old Midleton ceased distilling as production transferred to the new Midleton distillery.

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