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10/09/2014 - NEWS - FIRST SOD TURNED TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION ON WALSH WHISKEY DISTILLERY – THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT WHISKEY DISTILLERY IN IRELAND

€25 million Walsh Whiskey Distillery will be unique in producing all three types of Irish whiskey under one roof – pot, grain and malt
New world-class distillery and visitor centre will create 55 jobs at Royal Oak, County Carlow and 70 temporary construction jobs
Walsh Whiskey Distillery’s distribution partners from 12 countries attend ceremony at Royal Oak
Pictured at the announcement were Rosemary Walsh, Augusto Reina, CEO of Walsh Whiskey Distillery’s strategic partner Illva Saronno & Bernard Walsh.

Royal Oak, Carlow – 11th September 2014: A return to whiskey distilling in Carlow and the South-East, after absences of over 200 and 100 years respectively, took a big step forward today. As the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ann Phelan TD and 200 guests looked on, the founders of the independent Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Bernard & Rosemary Walsh, today turned the sod at Royal Oak, County Carlow as construction commenced on their €25million world-class, craft Irish whiskey distillery by the banks of the River Barrow. Picture Nick Bradshaw