Whiskey production planned for former famine-era woollen mills in Waterford

Blending and distilling experience is mooted for the site that had been  grain store for porridge producers Flahavan’s

The former Kilmacthomas mills in Waterford, which is to be redeveloped as a whiskey distillery by Provenance Spirits.

A Dublin-based distilling company has been granted a 10-month lease on a derelict former woollen mill in west Waterford with a view to restoring the premises for future brand production.

Waterford City and County Council approved the lease of 0.93 acre site at Kilmacthomas to the Provenance Spirits group at February’s’ Comeragh municipal district meeting.