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The Teeling Whiskey Company is to invest €10 million in building a distillery in Dublin’s Newmarket Square in The Liberties, creating 30 new jobs. It claims the facility will be the first new distillery in Dublin in over 125 years, bringing the Teeling family back to its ancestral roots.
It will have the capacity to produce 500,000 litres of whiskey on an annual basis and will consist of three traditional copper pot stills. The company said the construction of the new distillery would guarantee future supply for the Teeling Whiskey brands and allow the creation of a range of “innovative and authentic” Irish whiskeys based on the traditional Dublin style of distillation.
“We are proud to be returning to our ancestral distilling roots which trace back to 1782 in The Liberties,” said Teeling Whiskey Company Founder and Managing Director Jack Teeling. “This project will bring distilling back to an area of Dublin long associated with world class whiskey, which at one stage had 37 different operational distilleries.
“Building a working distillery is just one part of our plan for the Newmarket site, which will also involve the development of an integrated visitor experience to showcase the rich distilling history of Dublin and in particular The Liberties. Dublin whiskey was at the forefront of the last golden age of Irish whiskey. We aim to revive the spirit of Dublin by putting Dublin and Teeling Whiskey firmly back on the map again.”
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The Teeling Whiskey Company is looking to revive the tradition of whiskey-making in The Liberties area of Dublin |
Teeling added that there had been significant growth in the Irish whiskey market worldwide, driven by the US market.
The new distillery’s visitor centre is expected to welcome up to 50,000 people in its first year, subsequently rising to 100,000. Ireland’s Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD welcomed the plans.
“The food and drinks sector is an area we have targeted for support as part of the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs and Irish whiskey in particular is an area where there is rapidly-growing international demand, providing huge potential for jobs growth in Ireland,” he said.
“Today’s announcement by Teeling that it will invest €10 million in a new distillery in the Liberties with the creation of 30 new jobs and 50 temporary construction jobs is great news and a strong indication of what is possible in this area. This will bring a huge boost to the local community and I wish all involved every success.”
