Qualla: Midleton https://qualla.com/midleton en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/4/p/midleton-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Midleton https://qualla.com/midleton Midleton: Introduction https://qualla.com/midleton/ Photo credit Dbee01, CC BY-SA 4.0. Midleton's name in Irish is Mainistir na Corann, the monastery at the weir. There was a Cistercian house here from the early thirteenth century, beside the place where the Owenacurra River broadened into the head of Cork Harbour and tidal water lapped against fish traps. The monastery is long gone, dissolved under Henry VIII; the river still runs through the town centre; the weir is buried under streets that flood now whenever an Atlantic storm pushes water up the channel. What people know Midleton for today is whiskey - the great Old Distillery built here in 1825, and the modern plant beside it where Jameson, Powers, Paddy and most of the rest of the brands familiar from airport duty-free shops are made.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/4/p/midleton-wp/gc4p-midleton-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Midleton: A Town Built on a Charter https://qualla.com/midleton/ Photo credit Klabauter2, CC BY-SA 3.0. Midleton is a Williamite town. After the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, the new Protestant order in Ireland rewarded its supporters with land and influence, and the Brodrick family became one of the dominant houses of East Cork. Alan Brodrick - Speaker of the Irish House of Commons...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/4/p/midleton-wp/gc4p-midleton-a-town-built-on-a-charter.mp3 0:06 2 full Midleton: The Distillery That Defined Everything https://qualla.com/midleton/ Photo credit Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0. In 1825 James Murphy built a distillery on the southern edge of Midleton, set against the Owenacurra River so its great water wheel could turn day and night. The Old Midleton Distillery operated independently until 1868, when it merged into the Cork Distilleries Company. A centur...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/4/p/midleton-wp/gc4p-midleton-the-distillery-that-defined-everything.mp3 0:06 3 full Midleton: Clonmult and the IRA Monument https://qualla.com/midleton/ Photo credit User Thesteve on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. At the top of Main Street stands a monument to sixteen men of the Irish Republican Army killed on 20 February 1921 during the War of Independence. The Clonmult Ambush, named for a village a few kilometres northwest of Midleton, was the worst single defeat the IRA suffered during ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/4/p/midleton-wp/gc4p-midleton-clonmult-and-the-ira-monument.mp3 0:06 4 full Midleton: Kindred Spirits https://qualla.com/midleton/ Photo credit John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0. In Bailick Park, on the edge of the town, stands a sculpture of nine large stainless-steel eagle feathers arranged in a circle, leaning inward as if forming an empty bowl. It is called Kindred Spirits, the work of the Cork-born sculptor Alex Pentek, and it was unveiled in 2015. T...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/4/p/midleton-wp/gc4p-midleton-kindred-spirits.mp3 0:06 5 full Midleton: Floods, Growth, and Two Storms https://qualla.com/midleton/ Photo credit Mac McCarron, CC BY-SA 2.0. The flat valley that made Midleton an easy place to ford the Owenacurra also makes it easy to flood. On 30 December 2015, Storm Frank sent the river over its banks and into Main Street; businesses in the town centre were knee-deep in brown water for days. In October 2023, Storm B...

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