Jameson Distillery Bow St.
A Scottish lawyer moved to Dublin in 1780 and started a whiskey dynasty whose family tree eventually produced the inventor of wireless telegraphy.
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John Jameson trained as a lawyer in Alloa, Scotland, before founding his distillery on Bow Street in 1780. His son Andrew's daughter Annie Jameson was the mother of Guglielmo Marconi. That founding address is now where you trace a brand selling over 8 million cases a year across 130-plus countries — back to one Scottish lawyer's change of career.
What to look for
- The 1780 founding: Irish whiskey distillation began here when a Scottish lawyer switched trades
- The Marconi connection: Andrew Jameson, one of John's sons, was the grandfather of Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of wireless telegraphy
- Scale made tangible: 8 million cases sold in 2019, available in over 130 countries
Production moved to the New Midleton Distillery in County Cork; Bow St. is the Dublin visitor experience for the brand's history.
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