Ireland’s Flying Tumbler Breaks With Trends By Breaking Ground On New Facility
Although Irish Whiskey is, like most whiskey categories, experiencing declining sales at present, that has not stopped Flying Tumbler Whiskey from breaking ground on their new facility. The company has started construction in Larch Grove in Carlow County on what will become their new warehouse, blending lab and bottling plant. Concurrent with this news, Flying Tumbler has also launched two new expressions, The Tippler (a single grain) and The Roller (a blend of pot still and grain whiskeys), to complete their core trio of regular release bottlings.
Founded during the Pandemic by Carlow brothers, Thomas and Patrick Walsh, Flying Tumbler Irish Whiskey celebrates the adventurous spirit of the Flying Tumbler pigeon – a unique bird known for its daredevil acrobatics and innate ability to always return home. Following a pattern, the Walsh brothers have now brought their business home, to the family farm at Larch Grove, Ballytarsna, Carlow, Ireland.
After securing funding through LEADER Programme 2023–2027, co-funded by the EU, Flying Tumbler Irish Whiskey has now begun work on repurposing a number of farm outbuildings into bonded maturation and blending warehouses, as well as a craft bottling line.
Working with Thcoda Contractors, works are expected to be completed on the site by September 2026. The project is expected to create 15 jobs for the local area – 10 in the initial construction phase and a further 5 over the coming years.
