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Connacht whiskey

Connacht lies along Ireland’s Atlantic western seaboard, shaped by ocean storms, rugged mountain ranges and maritime damp. While historically having fewer distilleries than Leinster or Munster, the province is a growing centre for craft distillation and whiskey bonding.

Bottles from the province include Grace O’Malley from County Mayo, celebrating Ireland’s legendary 16th-century pirate queen with blended and double-cask whiskeys matured in Atlantic coastal warehouses.

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  • From £50.00, median £50.00
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Questions

What is the cheapest Connacht whiskey?
The cheapest Connacht whiskey is Grace O’Malley Dark Char Blend (42% ABV, 70cl), at £50.00 from The Whisky Shop. That is £54.99 delivered to the UK mainland for one bottle. Next cheapest: Grace O’Malley Rum Cask Irish Whiskey (£50.00).
When did whiskey distilling return to Connacht?
In December 2014, when The Shed Distillery in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim, laid down its first whiskey on 21 December, bringing distilling back to the province after more than 100 years. The Shed, founded by PJ and Denise Rigney, runs copper pot and column stills and makes single pot still Irish whiskey alongside Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin. See Whiskipedia on The Shed.
Which distilleries make whiskey in Connacht?
The two best known are The Shed in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim, and Connacht Distillery in Ballina, County Mayo, which opened in autumn 2015 and makes pot still whiskey on stills designed by its co-founder Robert Cassell. Grace O’Malley whiskey has a County Mayo owner but is distilled at Great Northern Distillery in Dundalk, County Louth, and blended and bottled in Dundalk, outside Connacht. See Whiskipedia on Connacht Distillery.