Irish whiskey

American  

noun

1. any whiskey made in Ireland, characteristically a product of barley.

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Irish whiskey British  

noun

1. any of the whiskeys made in Ireland, usually from malt and subject to three distillations

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Etymology

Origin of Irish whiskey

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

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Irish whiskey

Roughly 5.5 million cases of the drink were sold in the U.S. in 2024—about one-third of all global Irish whiskey sales, according to the Irish Whiskey Association.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

It is a deal that improves trade conditions for Scotch and Irish whiskey being sold to America, as well as US bourbon and used casks coming into the UK market.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

The bartender who had put that menu together, Jillian Vose, had gone through her own realization about Irish whiskey.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2022

After nearly a century in the shadows, Irish whiskey is rebounding toward its former dominance.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

There were physicians relying upon alchemy and astrology; the Royal Touch was held efficacious; and in the materia medica of the period were such substances as foxes' lungs, oils of wolves, and Irish whiskey.

From Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Thomas Proctor Hughes