Limavady Irish Whiskey to build state of the art distillery on historic family site.

Limavady Irish Whiskey has secured planning permission for the new £10 million development in Magilligan.

Darryl McNally, who was at Bushmills for 16 years until 2015, launched the company in 2021, reviving an historic name in Irish whiskey.

The original Limavady Distillery operated in the area between 1750 until around 1915. At the height of its success, the distillery was producing 1.2 million litres of alcohol a year.

The new distillery is set to be developed on McNally’s father’s farm, located 6 miles outside of the Limavady Valley on Ireland’s North Coast. McNally hopes to source local grains and distill in the family barn, a project which has been in the works for a number of years prior to the brand’s launch in 2021.

The £10m investment is expected to create 13 jobs and support another 12 roles indirectly.