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23-510: Irish Distillers Group was formed as Irish Distillers Limited (IDL) in 1966, when a merger took place between three Irish whiskey distilleries, Cork Distilleries Company , John Jameson & Son and John Power & Son . In an attempt to reverse the decline in Irish whiskey sales, the board of directors decided to close their existing distilleries in Cork and Dublin, and to consolidate production at

46-546: A brief period of service at Kilkenny , he joined the mission in Cork . Statues of Mathew stand on St. Patrick's Street , Cork, by J. H. Foley (1864), and on O'Connell Street , Dublin , by Mary Redmond (1893). There is a Fr. Mathew Bridge in Limerick City , named after the temperance reformer when it was rebuilt between 1844 and 1846. The Capuchin church in Cork, Holy Trinity , stands on Father Mathew Quay and

69-466: A favourable diminution, falling from 110 in 1837, to 66 in 1841. The effect of sobriety on 'faction fights' was equally remarkable. There were 20 of such cases in 1839, and 8 in 1841. The dangerous offence of 'rescuing prisoners', which was represented by 34 in 1837, had no return in 1841! The number committed to jail fell from 12,049 in 1839 to 9,875 by 1845. Sentences of death fell from 66 in 1839 to 14 in 1846, and transportations fell from 916 to 504 over

92-569: A new purpose-built facility. A site alongside the existing distillery in Midleton , County Cork was chosen as the location for the new distillery, as there was no room for expansion alongside the Dublin distilleries. In 1972, Bushmills , the only other whiskey distillery in operation in Ireland at the time, joined the group, giving Irish Distillers complete control over all whiskey production on

115-469: Is now known as Tower Hill in Glounthaune outside Cork city . The tower, which was subsequently converted into a private residence, retains a number of its original features, including a life-sized statue of Father Mathew in the tower's garden. Around 2014, the refurbished and modernised tower was sold for approximately one million euro. An eyewitness description of the tower, from the summer of 1848,

138-564: The Cork Distilleries Company for several years. The Watercourse Distillery was also mothballed in the mid-1880s, so that by the turn of the century, only two of CDC's five distilleries, the North Mall and Midleton -remained in production. In 1920, a fire broke out at the North Mall distillery, completely destroying its five-storey mill, and causing significant damage to most, if not all of the production buildings. Had

161-469: The Irish in the US not to partake in slavery in 1841 during Charles Lenox Remond 's tour of Ireland. In order to avoid upsetting these anti-abolitionist friends in the US, he snubbed an invitation to publicly condemn chattel slavery , sacrificing his friendship with that movement. He defended his position by pointing out that there was nothing in the scripture that prohibited slavery. He was condemned by many on

184-488: The Irish whiskey industry not been in the midst of a crisis, with most distilleries enduring severe financial hardship, the distillery might have been rebuilt. However, facing an uncertain economic outlook, a decision was taken to concentrate production at Midleton, rather than to renovate the North Mall Distillery. In 1966, with the Irish distilleries still facing an uncertain future, CDC merged with two of

207-409: The abolitionist side, including the former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass who had received the pledge from Mathew in Cork in 1845. Douglass felt "grieved, humbled and mortified" by Mathew's decision to ignore slavery while campaigning in the US and "wondered how being a Catholic priest should inhibit him from denouncing the sin of slavery as much as the sin of intemperance". Douglass felt it

230-644: The family of the Earls Landaff (his father, James, was a first cousin of Thomas Mathew, father of the first earl), he was a kinsman of the clergyman Arnold Mathew . He received his schooling in County Kilkenny , then moved for a short time to Maynooth . From 1808 to 1814 he studied in Dublin , where in the latter year he was ordained to the priesthood. Having entered the Capuchin order , after

253-625: The island of Ireland. One Friday in July 1975, production ceased at the Old Midleton Distillery and began the next Monday morning at the new Midleton complex , with distillation at the two Dublin distilleries come to an end a year later. The distillery at Bushmills , County Antrim remained in operation. The Old Midleton Distillery and Jameson's Bow Street Distillery have since reopened as visitors' centres. In contrast, much of Powers John's Lane distillery has been demolished, with

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276-583: The mid-1800s, the Irish whiskey industry underwent a period of turmoil, with the temperance movement of the 1830s, and the Great Famine of the 1840s reducing domestic demand for whiskey. At the time, Cork was home to several distilleries, therefore, in the 1860s, James Murphy, the owner of the Midleton distillery, suggested amalgamating the operations of several local distilleries. The other distilleries agreed, so in 1867, Cork Distilleries Company (CDC)

299-491: The other remaining Dublin distilleries, John Jameson & Son. and John Powers & Son. , to form Irish Distillers . Theobald Mathew (temperance reformer) Theobald Mathew (10 October 1790 – 8 December 1856) was an Irish Catholic priest and teetotalist reformer, popularly known as Father Mathew . He was born at Thomastown, near Golden, County Tipperary , on 10 October 1790, to James Mathew and his wife Anne, daughter of George Whyte, of Cappaghwhyte. Of

322-459: The pledge in one day, 100,000 at Galway in two days, and 70,000 in Dublin in five days. At its height, just before the Great Famine of 1845–49, his movement enrolled some 3 million people, or more than half of the adult population of Ireland. In 1844, he visited Liverpool , Manchester and London with almost equal success. While Father Mathew founded the temperance movement in Ireland, it

345-552: The remaining buildings, now protected structures, forming part of the National College of Art and Design . In June 1988, following a hostile takeover attempt from Grand Metropolitan , Allied-Lyons and Guinness , Irish Distillers was the subject of a white knight takeover by Pernod Ricard . In 2005, Bushmills was sold to rival drinks giant Diageo for £200 million. In 2016, the Paddy Irish whiskey brand

368-618: The same period. Mathew visited the United States in 1849, returning in 1851. While there, he found himself at the centre of the abolitionist debate. Many of his hosts, including John Hughes , the Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York , were anti-abolitionists and wanted assurances that Mathew would not stray outside his remit of battling alcohol consumption. But Mathew had signed a petition (along with 60,000 Irish people, including Daniel O'Connell ) encouraging

391-706: Was an Irish whiskey distilling company. It was formed in 1867, when four Cork distilleries, Daly's , the Green , North Mall , the Watercourse were amalgamated under one company to form the Cork Distilleries Company. In 1868, these were joined by another Cork distillery, James Murphy's Midleton Distillery . The company existed until 1966, when the Cork Distilleries Company merged with two other Irish distillers, John Powers & Son and John Jameson & Son , to form Irish Distillers . The company produced Paddy Whiskey , and Cork Dry Gin among other products. In

414-538: Was commissioned by him. The movement with which his name is associated began on 10 April 1838 with the establishment of the " Knights of Father Mathew ", which in less than nine months enrolled no fewer than 150,000 names. Over time this became the Catholic Total Abstinence Society. It rapidly spread to Limerick and elsewhere, and some idea of its popularity may be formed from the fact that at Nenagh 20,000 persons are said to have taken

437-401: Was formed, with Murphy at the helm. In 1867, CDC took control of four Cork distilleries: North Mall , The Green , the Watercourse and Daly's , and a year later Midleton Distillery also joined. The years that followed its formation saw some rationalisation, with distilling ceasing at Daly's Distillery in 1869, and at the Green in the 1870s. Though both continued to be used as warehouses by

460-530: Was his duty to now "denounce and expose the conduct of Father Mathew". Mathew died on 8 December 1856 in Queenstown, County Cork (present-day Cobh ), and was interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cork , a cemetery which he had himself established. In 1842, at his own expense, landowner William O'Connor built a castellated neo-Gothic stone tower to commemorate Father Mathew on what was then called Mount Patrick and

483-478: Was only 105 in 1841. There were 91 cases of 'firing at the person' reported in 1837, and but 66 in 1841. The 'assaults on police' were 91 in 1837, and but 58 in 1841. Incendiary fires, which were as many as 459 in 1838, were 390 in 1841. Robberies, thus specially reported, diminished from 725 in 1837, to 257 in 1841. The decrease in cases of 'robbery of arms' was most significant; from being 246 in 1837, they were but 111 in 1841. The offence of 'appearing in arms' showed

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506-491: Was part of a wider effort to improve the life chances of poor labourers. Teetotalism was first organised by the Preston Temperance Society, founded in 1833, and the organisations that followed had a huge worldwide impact in the 1800s. A biography, written shortly after his death, credits Mathew's work with a reduction in Irish crime figures of the era: The number of homicides, which was 247 in 1838,

529-861: Was sold to Sazerac , though as part of the sale agreement, production of the whiskey is to continue at the Midleton Distillery . In 2021, Knappogue Castle and Clontarf were added to Irish Distillers portfolio of Irish whiskeys. Irish Distillers beverage brands include: Irish whiskey : Irish single malts: Knappogue Castle , Method and Madness Single pot still whiskeys : Green Spot (produced exclusively for Mitchell & Son Wine Merchants), Powers , Redbreast Blended Irish whiskeys: Clontarf 1014 , Jameson , Midleton Very Rare Beer : Eight Degrees Brewing Company Gin : Cork Dry Gin , Method and Madness Gin Vodka : Huzzar Cork Distilleries Company Cork Distilleries Company

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