Green Distillery

[3] Joseph continued operations using capital provided by James Kiernan under a mortgage, while Thomas Shee remained on as a distiller.

[3] In 1833, excise records show that the distillery paid a duty charge of £26,716, which equated to about 160,000 gallons proof.

[3] It was purchased on 27 July 1845 by George Waters, who was previously a co-owner of Daly's Distillery on John Street, until the dissolution of the partnership following the death of one of the partners.

[2][3] However, in the mid-twentieth century, new equipment was installed in the Green Distillery, with production of gin occurring there for a period of time.

[1] According to Irish Distillers, who absorbed the Cork Distilleries Company in the 1960s, a warehouse on the site was used to store whiskey in bond until the 1980s.

[1] The apparatus, which the distiller's co-owner, Joseph Shee, patented in 1834, was similar to Jean‐Édouard Adam's 1801 design, and consisted of a four pot stills connected in series.