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. However, many of these were recently established and had not yet aged their own spirits for sale as whiskey.
Currently operating distilleries
DistilleryLocationFoundedOwnerAchill IslandCounty Mayo2015IndependentAhascraghCounty Galway2018IndependentArdaraCounty Donegal2020IndependentBallykeefeCounty Kilkenny2017IndependentBaoilleachCounty Donegal2019IndependentBlacks of KinsaleCounty Cork 2015IndependentBlackwaterCounty Waterford2014IndependentBoannCounty Meath2019IndependentBurrenCounty Clare2019IndependentChurch of OakCounty Kildare2023IndependentClonakiltyCounty Cork2016IndependentConnacht County Mayo2014IndependentCooleyCounty Louth1987Suntory Global SpiritsCopeland County Down2019IndependentCrollyCounty Donegal2020IndependentDingleDingle2012Porterhouse GroupDublin LibertiesDublin2018IndependentEchlinvilleCounty Down2013IndependentGlendaloughCounty Wicklow2013Mark Anthony GroupGlendreeCounty Clare2019IndependentGreat NorthernCounty Louth2015John TeelingHinchCounty Down2020IndependentKilbegganKilbeggan1757Suntory Global SpiritsKillarneyCounty Kerry2020IndependentKillowenCounty Down2019IndependentLough GillCounty Sligo2019Sazerac CompanyLough MaskCounty Mayo2019IndependentLough ReeCounty Longford2018IndependentMcConnell’sBelfast2024Belfast Distillery CompanyMicilGalway2016IndependentMidletonMidleton1975Pernod RicardOld BushmillsBushmills1784Proximo SpiritsPearse LyonsDublin2017IndependentPowerscourtCounty Wicklow2018IndependentRademon EstateCounty Down2015IndependentRoe & CoDublin2019DiageoRoyal OakCounty Carlow2016IndependentScott’s Irish Whiskey County Fermanagh2019IndependentSlaneCounty Meath2018Brown-FormanTeelingDublin2015Bacardi LimitedThe ShedCounty Leitrim2013IndependentTipperary County Tipperary2020IndependentTitanicBelfast2023Titanic DistillersTullamoreTullamore2014William Grant & SonsWest CorkCounty Cork2003IndependentWild AtlanticCounty Tyrone2019Independent Old Carrick Mill Distillery 2014 County Monaghan Independent
Closed distilleries DistilleryLocationFoundedYear closedBandonBandon18261929BirrCounty Offaly18051889Bishop's WaterWexford18271915BurtBurt18141841Daly'sCork18071807DundalkDundalk17081926GreenCork17961870Hackett'sMidleton18241845Jones RoadDublin18731945John's LaneDublin17961976LimavadyLimavady18051914MarlfieldMarlfield18171856Marrowbone LaneDublin17521923North MallCork17791920Nun's IslandGalway18461915Old JamesonDublin17801971Old MidletonMidleton18251975Old TullamoreTullamore18291954Royal IrishBelfast18681938Thomas StreetDublin17571926WatercourseCork17951975WaterfordWaterford20162024
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