The White Horse Distillery was an Irish whiskey distillery that operated in Mountrath, County Laois, Ireland.[1] The distillery was named after a local river, the White Horse.[1] The river itself is said to be so named due to the colour of the water that ran in the river as a result of the operations of a distillery in the centre of the town.[2]
Now long gone, according to local folklore, the distillery or the brand were sold to Scottish distillers in the 1800s.[1] If true, this would mark an interesting change of fortunes in the distilling industries of the two countries, as similarly a named, more enduring White Horse whiskey brand was established in Scotland in 1861.
- ^ a b c Brian, Townsend (1999). The Lost Distilleries of Ireland. Glasgow: Neil Wilson Publishing. ISBN 1897784872.
- ^ "Mountrath". laoistidytowns.ie. Retrieved 13 January 2017.