Table of Contents

Foreword by John Clement Ryan 1 Introduction 3 PART ONE 1 Ireland's Emerging Spirit 9 2 The Road To Ruin: Gaugers and Poteen 14 3 Coffey Conquers The World 20 4 Dublin's Pot Stills Reign Supreme 27 5 The Once and Phoenix Industry 35 Map of Ireland, 1887 40 Key to map 41 PART TWO 6 Co Antrim & Belfast Avoniel 45 Connswater 46 Royal Irish 48 7 Co Cork Bandon 53 Glen 58 Midleton 60 North Mall 64 Watercourse 68 The Green 70 Daly's 72 8 Co Down Comber 73 9 Co Dublin Bow Street 78 John's Lane 83 Jones Road 85 Marrowbone Lane 89 Phoenix Park 91 Thomas Street 94 10 Co Galway Nuns Island 98 11 Co Kildare Monasterevan 102 12 Co Limerick Limerick 106 13 Co Londonderry Abbey Street 109 Waterside 113 Coleraine 115 Limavady 118 14 Co Louth Dundalk 121 15 Co Offaly Birr 124 Tullamore 127 16 Co Westmeath Kilbeggan 132 17 Co Wexford Bishop's Water 138 18 The Unsung And The Forgotten: Other Lost Distilleries Belfast 143 Burke's 143 Burt 144 Cromac 145 Dodder Bank 146 Drogheda 147 Hackett's 147 Marlfield 148 Westport 149 White Horse 149 Early Lost Distilleries of Cork City 150 Millfield Shee's Ring's Riverstown Walker's/St Dominick's The Ceimici Teoranta Distilleries 151 Appendix Excise records from 1802 & 1822 152

About the Author

Brian Townsend is a journalist with an abiding interest in architecture and industrial archaeology. His is author of The Glory That Was Home (1990) and Scotch Missed: The Lost Distilleries of Scotland (1993). He lives near Dundee.