Lough Ree The Bridge Series – Elfeet Bay

Elfeet Bay

Elfeet Bay is in the parish of Newtowncashel on Lough Ree’s eastern shore.   It’s a beautiful area, and when we were kids, it was like a little resort. Our next door neighbour’s brother, Tom Kelly used to open up his field and for an old pound a car you could drive down to the shore and spend the day  picnicking and swimming around in the shallow and sheltered waters of the lake. On a fine Sunday , it was Cannes or Biarritz in the Irish Midlands.   

Whiskey :

14 year old Single Malt distilled at Cooley, matured for 12years, 4 months in Bourbon Cask and 2 years in Portuguese White Moscatel Cask- Adega de Palmela.