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IRISH DISTILLERS REINFORCES SUSTAINABILITY CREDENTIALS WITH NEW CHAPTER IN THE MIDLETON VERY RARE DAIR GHAELACH STORY — WhiskeyTalk2U

franklparker

As a whiskey lover I am interested in any such development, more so, given that it is also centred on a woodland just a few miles from my home in Stradbally. Unfortunately I would have to win the lottery to be able to afford a bottle of this rare specialty! Continue reading IRISH DISTILLERS REINFORCES SUSTAINABILITY CREDENTIALS WITH NEW CHAPTER IN THE MIDLETON VERY RARE DAIR GHAELACH STORY — WhiskeyTalk2U

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Francis Cosby’s Uncle: “a sour and honest puritan”

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Did Francis Cosby, perhaps, bring his young bride and child, believed to have been born in 1547, to reside in a house within the Grangegorman Demesne? Was it his uncle’s leases on Irish monastic lands that facilitated his acquisition of the Franciscan Friary at Stradbally? Continue reading Francis Cosby’s Uncle: “a sour and honest puritan”