and drink founded 1966 headquarters dublin ireland area served ireland europe key people anna malmhake ceo products alcoholic beverages number of employees 530 2007 parent pernod ricard website www.irishdistillers.ie irish distillers is a subsidiary of the french drinks conglomerate pernod ricard s.a. . it is the largest distiller of irish whiskey with popular brands such as jameson paddy and powers . in addition to whiskey it distills a number of other spirit products such as gin and vodka . contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 external links history edit irish distillers group was formed in 1966 when a merger took place between irish whiskey distillers john power & son john jameson & son and the cork distillery company . in an attempt to reverse the decline in irish whiskey sales the board of directors decided to close the existing distilleries in cork and dublin and to consolidate production at a new purpose built facility . a site alongside the existing distillery in midleton co. cork was chosen as the location for the new distillery as there was no room for expansion in dublin . in 1972 bushmills the only other whiskey distillery in ireland at the time joined the group . this gave irish distillers control over all whiskey production on the island of ireland . in july 1975 production ceased at the old midleton distillery and began in the morning at the new midleton complex . the old distillery has since reopened as a visitors centre . following an early unsolicited takeover offer by grandmet allied lyons and guinness irish distillers was taken over by pernod ricard in june 1988 in a friendly takeover . in 2005 bushmills was sold to rival drinks giant diageo for 200 million . products edit jameson whiskey powers whiskey paddy whiskey redbreast whiskey midleton vr whiskey green spot exclusively for michell & son wine merchants beyond whiskey the distillery also produces huzzar vodka cork dry gin see also edit cooley distillery new midleton distillery old bushmills distillery irish whiskey the old jameson distillery external links edit irish distillers pernod ricard v t e pernod ricard acquisitions aberlour 1974 dubonnet 1976 irish distillers 1988 orlando wines 1989 wyndham estate 1990 seagram 2000 allied domecq 2005 vin & sprit 2008 lillet 2008 plymouth gin distillery 2008 subsidiaries aberlour corby distilleries1 orlando wines pernod ricard nz premium wine brands scapa v & s group spirits brands vodka absolut explorer fr s level luksusowa polar ice2 renat wyborowa ubr wka3 huzzar orloff whisky blended scotch ballantine s clan campbell chivas royal salute 100 pipers imperial long john passport something special single malt scotch aberlour the glenlivet longmorn scapa strathisla tormore irish whiskey crested ten green spot jameson midleton very rare paddy whiskey powers redbreast bourbon four roses3 canadian whisky wiser s2 indian whiskey blenders pride royal stag imperial blue other doble v dunbar natu nobilis gin beefeater cork dry gin plymouth gin seagram s gin liqueurs hiram walker kahl a lemond malibu cusenier dita lochan ora ruavieja soho tequila & cacha a olmeca janeiro sao francisco viuda de romero anis ouzo mini pastis 51 pernod ricard pastis pacific cognac & brandy ararat macieira martell a ejo los reyes azteco de oro brandy domecq don pedro presidente rum havana club lamb s navy rum bitters becherovka gammeldansk suze amaro ramazzotti fernet capri wine brands wine jacob s creek montana wines west coast cooler wyndham estate brancott estate campo viejo domecq graffigna kenwood long mountain old tbilisi ap ritifs & fortifieds becherovka byrrh dubonnet lillet ambassadeur bartissol champagne g. h. mumm perrier jou t people paul ricard patrick ricard jean h mard ariste h mard henri louis pernod jules fran ois pernod jules f lix pernod 1 as of 2008 the company is 46 % owned by pernod ricard . 2 via corby . 3 distributed brand . category liquor portal v t e irish whiskey whiskeys bushmills clontarf crested ten green spot jameson midleton very rare paddy powers redbreast tullamore dew tyrconnell distilleries cooley distillery dingle distillery kilbeggan distillery new midleton distillery old bushmills distillery companies beam suntory diageo dunville & co irish distillers former whiskeys comber whiskey dunville s three crowns dunville s vr styles blended whiskey poit n single malt whiskey single pot still whiskey liquor portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title irish distillers & oldid 735377844 categories irish whiskeydistilleries in the republic of irelandpernod ricard brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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