The distillery, situated on the banks of the
River Brosna in Kilbeggan, was founded in
1757. In 1798 Matthias McManus took the control, he played a part in the United Irıshmen rebellion. The famous
John Locke took over in
1843, and until the economic depression, his family retained the control.
In
1947 the
Transworld Trust bought the distillery, but it had fraudulent influencers from Switzerland and Austria and in
1954 the distillery ceased production. In
1957 it closed completely.
In
1982 the Kilbeggan community restored the distillery as a
Whiskey museum, which prompted
Cooley to buy the license to produce
Kilbeggan and
Locke's Whiskey, and open a new distillery.
There are
two copper pot stills, which are the
oldest working pot stills producing Whiskey today.