Midleton
Midleton (/ ˈmɪdlˌtən /, Irish : Mainistir na Corann ) is a city in the southeast of Cork County in the south of the Republic of Ireland . The city developed around the Cistercian monastery Midleton Abbey , which was founded by monks from Burgundy in the 12th century .
According to legend, Irish whiskey was invented in Midleton. The uisce beatha , the "water of life", can be tasted in the distillery .
The population of the place was determined in 2011 with 3743 people. Many of them commute to the nearby city of Cork . Midleton is on the N25 national road about halfway between Cork City and Youghal .
Old Midleton Distillery
A distillery was established in Midleton in 1825 by the Murphy family, who now also operate a brewery in Cork. Two years earlier, the regulations on alcohol taxation were relaxed, so that the distillery was built on a large scale. Among other things, Midleton has the largest pot still in the world. The whiskey from Midleton was particularly popular locally, the Paddy brand, which has existed since around 1920, was named after its most successful sales representative Paddy Flaherty and still exists today. At the end of the 19th century, Midleton merged with other distilleries in the Cork area to form the Cork Distilleries Company and in 1966 with Jameson and Power’s from Dublin to form Irish Distillers Limited . In 1975 production was shut down and relocated to a brand new neighboring factory. The Midleton Very Rare brand was produced in a limited edition . The old distillery has been open as a museum since 1992 and is run by Irish Distillers as the Jameson Heritage Center .
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- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly) ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Gilbert Delos: Les Whiskeys du Monde. Translation from French: Karin-Jutta Hofmann: Whiskey from all over the world. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1998, ISBN 3-86070-442-7 , p. 119 f. and 123.
Coordinates: 51 ° 55 ′ N , 8 ° 10 ′ W