Kilbeggan: The Distillery That Brought Down A Government

Less than an hour’s drive west from Dublin, lies the small town
of Kilbeggan - a town that has been home to many distilleries
over the years and it’s obvious why - there’s plenty of fresh
water to turn into whiskey and bogs to provide the fuel to power
the stills and Westmeath itself is a great barley producing
county


 


The most famous of these distilleries, acknowledged as the oldest
licensed distillery in the world dating back to 1757 was John
Locke and Sons Distillery and it was this distillery that brought
an Irish government to its knees.