Those stated above are nice whiskeys, albeit mostly blends, and often all you can find here in the states for Irish whiskeys. Redbreast is very good. But for single malts try Clontarf, Knappogue, Michael Collins, and Old Middleton.

Most irish whiskey is somewhat smoother and lighter in flavor and color than scotch, as they do not typically use peat in the malting process in Ireland(rather typically oak charcoal) so not much if any peaty flavor, but still the smoky flavors come through.

There are far fewer distilleries in Ireland than Scotland, where nearly every little town used to have its own distillery, and many of those remain, albeit bought up generally by the bigger international conglomerates. They still bottle under their own names, usually, while also making batch whisky for use in the many scotch blends out there.

In Ireland there is basically all the varieties of Jamesons and Bushmills made by Jamesons, along with a few other brands made by them, then the dozen or so other smaller whiskey makers on the big island. The small town distillery concept got all bought up by the big guys a long time ago making Jamesons a near monopoly in the international Irish Whiskey market.

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