[1] The distillery was located close to Newbridge Street on the River Cam-Cor (meaning ‘crooked weir’).
[3] In the late 1840s, one of the distilleries closed, and the other was purchased by the Wallace Brothers who are only known by their initials R and J.
[3] Birr Distillery consisted of a malting floor, kiln and mill, mash tun, still room, spirit store and bonded warehouse.
A worker fell asleep and the friction caused by the millstone ignited the surrounds.
As the fire spread, casks exploded and there are reports that state "the whiskey flowed in a flaming mass down the Camcor River, turning it into a great swirling and flaming Christmas pudding.