Midleton Barry Crockett Legacy Irish WhiskeyIn the early 19th century, a series of buildings in southeast Ireland that were being used to mill wool were sold to the Irish government for 1,250. Within two decades, the government sold the buildings to Lord Midleton, who set about to convert the mill into a distillery. Today, Midleton Distillery marries together time honored, traditional distillation techniques with modern equipment to produce some of the finest whiskey in all of Ireland. Midleton