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Founded 1795, closed ca. 1850 |
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Robert Haig, member of the famous Scottish Distillers dynasty, owned a Distillery at Dodder Bank, in the Ringsend Area of Dublin. He started there in 1795. By 1802, he had become one of the largest Distillers in Dublin with 2 stills of 1,117 and 1,547 gallons capacity. By 1823, however, due to the still license system, he had reduced to only one still of 500 gallons. After the excise act of the same year, he expanded, installed an additional Coffey Still, and reached an annual production of 330,000 gallons Whiskey. His Distillery ceased production by the mid-19th century. No information is available as to why this happened, or where the premises stood and what happened to them. |
| Aenas Coffey, 27 South King Street |
| Closed ca. 1839 |
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After 25 years in the excise-service and reaching the rank of inspector-general in excise, Aenas Coffey retired and became a - Distiller. His Distillery at Dodder Bank was small and never successful. He probably used it for early experiments with the continuous still, which he would later perfect and, in 1830, patent. His Distillery ceased production in 1839. The year before, he had established himself as Coffey & Son, Patent Still Manufacturer. Aenas Coffey seems to have died in the following years, and the company, now lead by his son, Aenas Jr., moved to England in 1847. No information is available as to where the Distillery stood and what happened to it since closure. |
| Dublin City Distillery, Great Brunswick Street |
| Founded ca. 1890, closed 1905 |
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Apparently, there had been a Distillery in Great
Brunswick Street, today Pearse Street, in Dublin, called the Dublin
City Distillery. Its premises and those of the
Distillery in Banagher, Co. Offaly, were acquired by the
Dublin City and Banagher Distilleries Ltd. in 1890. The
chairman of the new company was A. S. Findlater. The Dublin plant
had a capacity to produce 1,500,000 gallons Whiskey per year.
The venture failed to produce profits and in 1897, Banagher Distillery was sold, due to its high production costs. Even without the unprofitable Midlands plant, the Dublin City Distillery was never successful, most likely due to the prominent and powerful competition around the corner. The company was wound up in early 1905 and a receiver appointed. It is unclear where the premises stood and what happened to them, but the area between Pearse and nearby Hanover Street, and the Docklands is awash with old Warehouses and buildings dating from that period. They might have been used by one or another distillery. There is also a building in Windmill Lane, near Pearse Street, which looks as it had been used as a grain store once. |