A founder of what is thought to be Ireland’s smallest distillery hopes recognition by Unesco will make the area a magnet for tourists.
Killowen Distillery sits within the aspiring Mourne-Gullion-Strangford Global Geopark in Northern Ireland. At 10 square metres with just two handmade artisan pot stills and an upcycled shipping container to one side, it is claimed by co-founder and director Brendan Carty to be the smallest distillery on the island of Ireland.
Unesco defines its global geoparks as areas where “sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development”. The mountainous landscape of Mourne-Gullion-Strangford has been proposed to the executive board of Unesco for endorsement as a new Global Geopark and the nomination will be considered in May.
