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who invented whisky first the irish or the scottish
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After the dissolution of the monasteries in Scotland whiskey making became a peoples art. It was practised by ex-monks who became barbers, surgeons, and apothecaries. Whiskey was taken to the great houses in the Highlands and crofts. By the 16th century triple distillation was common practise in the Western Isles, and had spread to Ireland and France. By then �Uisge Beatha� ( Gaelic translation for �Aquae Vitae�) or �Water of life.� Was a central part of Highland life.
The first legal distillery in the British Isles was in Northern Ireland, it was given to Sir Thomas Phillips ( Bushmills ) by James 1 of England, in 1608.
Stories tell us that the troops of Henry II of England paid a visit to Ireland in 1174; were more than happy to discover the unique taste of Irish whiskey. Unable to pronounce the Gaelic �Uisge Beatha" they shortened it to �Fuisce� and finally to "Whiskey� Irish Whiskey held the high ground and was the worlds top selling Whiskey.
The arrival in Ireland of Scot John Jameson in the 1770s marked a significant new departure for the growing legal Irish whiskey industry. Jameson already had connections with the Scottish industry - he had even married into the Haig family - and his son consolidated the business by marrying a daughter of John Stein, whose family were among the biggest grain distillers in Scotland and who owned Dublin's Bow Street distillery which Jameson Senior was soon to purchase in 1780. with a brother-in-law they became the first distiller to install a patent still.
Today there are only three distillers in Ireland , Midleton, Bushmills, and Cooley, 100 years before there had been over 2000 in Ireland.
The first legal distillery in the British Isles was in Northern Ireland, it was given to Sir Thomas Phillips ( Bushmills ) by James 1 of England, in 1608.
Stories tell us that the troops of Henry II of England paid a visit to Ireland in 1174; were more than happy to discover the unique taste of Irish whiskey. Unable to pronounce the Gaelic �Uisge Beatha" they shortened it to �Fuisce� and finally to "Whiskey� Irish Whiskey held the high ground and was the worlds top selling Whiskey.
The arrival in Ireland of Scot John Jameson in the 1770s marked a significant new departure for the growing legal Irish whiskey industry. Jameson already had connections with the Scottish industry - he had even married into the Haig family - and his son consolidated the business by marrying a daughter of John Stein, whose family were among the biggest grain distillers in Scotland and who owned Dublin's Bow Street distillery which Jameson Senior was soon to purchase in 1780. with a brother-in-law they became the first distiller to install a patent still.
Today there are only three distillers in Ireland , Midleton, Bushmills, and Cooley, 100 years before there had been over 2000 in Ireland.
The exact origins are lost in the mists of time, it is generally accepted that the ancient Celts (which included the Scots, Irish, Cornish and Welsh) knew how to distill grains at least as far back as 800 BC.
Given that they lacked the climate to grow the more fragile grapevines, their use of cereals such as barley and rye, both of which grew well in the northern European climate, was a logical choice. Those Celts viewed their fiery brew as a gift from their gods that literally brought the dead to life and warmed even the coldest spirit.
http://www.celtic-whisky.com/histrya.htm
Given that they lacked the climate to grow the more fragile grapevines, their use of cereals such as barley and rye, both of which grew well in the northern European climate, was a logical choice. Those Celts viewed their fiery brew as a gift from their gods that literally brought the dead to life and warmed even the coldest spirit.
http://www.celtic-whisky.com/histrya.htm
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An' I'd drink whiskey anywhere.
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Oh, some likes gin an' some likes beer.
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I wissht I had a barrel here.
Oh, whis-key for my John-nie!
If whiskey was a river, an' I could swim.
Whis-key! John-nie!
I'd say "here goes" an' dive right in.
Oh, whis-key for my John-nie!
Whis-key! John-nie!
Oh, I'll drink whiskey when I can,
Oh, whis-key for my John-nie!
'Twas whiskey made me pawn my clo'es.
Whis-key! John-nie!
An' whiskey got me a broken nose.
Oh, whis-key for my John-nie!
Oh, whiskey drove my mother mad.
Whis-key! John-nie!
An' whiskey nearly killed my dad.
Oh, whis-key for my John-nie!
Oh, whiskey here, an' whiskey there.
Whis-key! John-nie!
An' I'd drink whiskey anywhere.
Oh, whis-key for my John-nie!
Oh, some likes gin an' some likes beer.
Whis-key! John-nie!
I wissht I had a barrel here.
Oh, whis-key for my John-nie!
If whiskey was a river, an' I could swim.
Whis-key! John-nie!
I'd say "here goes" an' dive right in.
Oh, whis-key for my John-nie!
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