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BORN IN 1808
On 11th October 1808 informed the Belfast Commercial Chronicle carried that William Napier and John Dunvill respectfully inform their friends and the public that they have commenced the wine and spirit business at No. 13 Bank Street under the firm Napier and Dunvill.
The name Dunvill (later changed to Dunville) would become synonymous with Irish whiskey the Dunville’s Irish Whiskey story is one of fame, fortune, tragedy and revival.
Now restored to its rightful place among the world’s best whiskeys, Dunville’s award winning single malt and vintage blend Irish whiskeys are synonymous with premium quality, exquisite taste and rich heritage.
Established
1808
Focus
Reborn in 2012
Born 1808
The Spirit of Belfast
The fall of Giant
Reborn 2012
THE ROYAL IRISH DISTILLERIES
Dunville & Co. Ltd. thrived as the chairmanship of the company passed through five generations of the family. By the end of the 19th century was The Royal Irish Distilleries – the home of Dunville’s Irish Whiskey, the most modern and impressive distillery in Ireland.
THE SPIRIT OF BELFAST
The Dunville family were renowned for their philanthropy. Steadfast in their sense of responsibility for the wellbeing of their employees, the company built much needed housing for the working class people of Belfast.
Today Dunville Park, Dunville Street, Distillery Street and Distillery Football Club remain a lasting legacy to the generosity of the Dunville family.
THE FALL OF A GIANT
In 1931 Robert Lambart Dunville, the fifth Chairman of Dunville & Co. Ltd., died suddenly at the age of 38. His brother, Lieutenant John Spencer Dunville, had lost his life during The Great War. With Robert’s only surviving brother William living in Australia there was no-one willing or able to take over the company.
The firm soon lost its way. Distilling stopped in 1935 and in 1936 the Directors liquidated the business, the Royal Irish Distilleries was razed to the ground.
Starting with 1937 The Spirit of Belfast was consigned to history.
THE SPIRITS OF BELFAST REBORN IN 2012
THE RETURN OF AN ICON
Almost eight decades after the last drop trickled from the stills of the Royal Irish Distilleries, the sleeping giant has been awakened.
The Echlinville Distillery became the first newly licensed distillery in Ireland for more than 125 years, and with its birth came the rebirth of Dunville’s Irish Whiskey. Proudly connected to its past and enthusiastically embracing its future, The Spirit of Belfast is back and its best is yet to come.
THE ECHLINVILLE DISTILLERY
The Echlinville Distillery is located on the Ards Peninsula in County Down near Ireland’s most easterly point.
The Echlinville Distillery in Newtownards is Ireland’s first farm distillery. We craft our spirits from the ground up, on land we have farmed for generations. Every drop is trickle pot distilled to perfection from barley sown, grown, harvested and malted by hand on our family farm.
Our barley crops are nurtured by the unique micro-climate of the Ards Peninsula. The area’s unique topography, temperate climate, rich soil and saline air have long been credited with making this place one of the finest grain growing regions in Ireland. Where better then to build Ireland’s first field to glass distillery.
We will never disappear
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