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Whiskies from Ireland have seen a big revival in the last few
years and this is shown in the price that the miniatures fetch,
as well as both the quality and quantity of the full size bottles
sold.

We start off with the two on the right. They are the only two
not bottled in the Irish Republic. Dunvilles is from Belfast,
probably in the 1920’s or 30’s. It is about 50ml and sold for
£145. Kilkenny was bottled by Garnetts Wine & Spirit
Merchants of Rotherham, England. It is about 7cl and
probably dates from the 1950’s. £18 seemed cheap.

Also cheap was Scot Erin's Isle Irish Whiskey 5cl
which sold for a mere £5. Alex Findlater & Co. Best
Old Irish Whiskey is another probably 1950’s bottle
and another about 7cl - £40.

The Redbreast were the two top Irish Whisky sellers.
The 20 Year Old Dream Cask Pedro Ximenez
Edition, a 10cl Press Sample, sold for £210. The 32
Year Old Dream Cask, another 10cl Press Sample,
fetched £330.

Finally on this page we have the last of the Irish
Whiskies. This is the Tullamore Dew Discovery
Collection, 3x5cl minis, from a company owned by
Wm. Grant & Sons of Scotland. They are Cider
Cask, Phoenix and the third one merely says Irish
Whisky. £50 bought the set.

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