| Cooley
Distillery Co. Louth |
The
Cooley name, is in Irish distillery terms, a new born infant. Opened in
the late 1980s from what was the Ceimici Teo Distillery in Dundalk it
was renamed Cooley Distillery. Initially the distillery had its
challenges during its early days, not least of which was cash flow
problems and the attempted takeover bid by the Irish Distillers Group.
The Irish Distillers Group intention was to close the distillery down as
it somewhat thwarted their plans of controlling all whiskey produced in
Ireland. Eventually though Cooley found international backing from a
number of companies including Moet-Hennessy. |
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This strengthened the company and
enabled it to rekindle production in 1995. Cooley has since gone from
strength to strength including the production of supermarket brand label
whiskeys, a market that had been neglected by the Irish Distillers
Group. Cooley distillery also acquired the John Lock and Tyrconnell
brands names in a marketing bid to sell their products and in 1996
launched Connemara a pure pot
still and Irelands only peated single malt whiskey. The Cooley whiskeys
are shipped by road for their maturation at the Old Locke's
Distillery buildings in Kilbeggan in Co. Westmeath. |
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