Two of world's biggest copper stills create a stir en route to Midleton Distillery

The Midleton Distillery is home to Irish whiskeys, including Jameson, Powers, Redbreast, Midleton Very Rare, the Spot family and Method and Madness

The pot stills arrived by ship at the Port of Cork’s Kennedy Quay berth in Cork city centre over the weekend. Picture: Padraig O'Reilly-Shannon Images

The famous Midleton Distillery has taken delivery of two huge copper pot stills which, once installed, will be amongst the largest in use in the world.

The pot stills, which were handmade by master coppersmiths Forsyth’s of Scotland, arrived by ship at the Port of Cork’s Kennedy Quay berth in Cork city centre over the weekend, and were loaded onto trucks on Monday.