Hawks Rock Distillery

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Hawks Rock Distillery Hawk's Rock Distillery is located in the historic Hazelwood Estate, Co. Sligo. You must be of legal drinking age to follow. Drink Responsibly.

Athrú (pronounced Ahh Roo) is an Irish word meaning to change or transform. A progressive brand name, it captures the formative effect of time on a fine single malt as it is transformed from clear raw spirit to rich amber wh***ey. It's also a nod to the transformation that has taken place in the surrounding estate over the centuries and its latest reincarnation as a single malt wh***ey distillery.

Some people can read a cask the way others read the weather.⁠⁠Helen Mulholland spent almost 30 years at Bushmills shapin...
24/10/2026

Some people can read a cask the way others read the weather.⁠
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Helen Mulholland spent almost 30 years at Bushmills shaping single malts and premium blends. Today she's our Master Blender at Hawk's Rock.⁠
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Exciting times ahead. Watch this space.

✈️ Built to Fly, Etched in Stone ✈️ ⁠⁠Tucked into the stonework of our recently renovated walled garden structure, we fo...
22/10/2026

✈️ Built to Fly, Etched in Stone ✈️ ⁠
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Tucked into the stonework of our recently renovated walled garden structure, we found this:⁠
“Spirit of Erin 1934”, carved by hand, nearly a century ago.⁠
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The trail led to an unexpected story. Charles Foley, a Sligo man, built and launched a plane here at Hazelwood in the early 1930s. He called it Spirit of Erin. It did briefly get off the ground - before crashing into the next field.⁠
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Local hearsay, shared by Sligo Airport’s archive, says the flight took place- short-lived, but airborne all the same.⁠
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These scratch marks have sat quietly in the stone ever since. ⁠
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Does anyone know more about Charles Foley or the flight?⁠
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📍Hazelwood, Co. Sligo⁠
📸 Archive: Charles Foley & Spirit of Erin, The Polo Field, c.1933⁠
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Behind the scenes at Hawk’s Rock Distillery. ⁠⁠A look inside the distillery, where grain, water, yeast, copper and time ...
20/10/2026

Behind the scenes at Hawk’s Rock Distillery. ⁠
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A look inside the distillery, where grain, water, yeast, copper and time all come together.⁠
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A lot happens before wh***ey ever reaches the bottle.

Before Google Maps, someone had to walk it.⁠⁠Between 1761 and 1807, surveyors mapped the Wynne family's lands in Sligo a...
10/10/2026

Before Google Maps, someone had to walk it.⁠
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Between 1761 and 1807, surveyors mapped the Wynne family's lands in Sligo and Leitrim, field by field. The National Library of Ireland still holds their work.⁠
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The maps show Hazelwood as it was then: its fields, boundaries, roads and buildings.⁠
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Put them beside the estate today, and it becomes a game of spot the difference. Some things are gone, some are new, and some are still exactly where the surveyors drew them.

Not one for the shelf forever.⁠⁠Garavogue 20 Year Old is a limited release from Hawk’s Rock Distillery.⁠⁠A 20-year-old s...
07/10/2026

Not one for the shelf forever.⁠
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Garavogue 20 Year Old is a limited release from Hawk’s Rock Distillery.⁠
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A 20-year-old single malt, initially matured in ex-bourbon American oak, then finished in French Muscat, French Sauternes, Spanish PX Sherry, and Barbadian Rum casks.⁠
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Once it’s gone, it’s gone.⁠
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Available now from Celtic Wh***ey Shop, link in bio. Or walk into Foleys Off-licence or Hargadon Brothers in Sligo and pick up your bottle today.

Good wh***ey doesn't happen by accident.⁠⁠It starts with the spirit, but maturation is where the character develops.⁠Tim...
29/09/2026

Good wh***ey doesn't happen by accident.⁠
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It starts with the spirit, but maturation is where the character develops.⁠
Time in oak brings depth, flavour and complexity to the liquid.⁠
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At Hawk's Rock, we take our time with it.⁠
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Available here: https://www.celticwh***eyshop.com/garavogue-20-year-old-single-malt

This old door belonged to the kitchen of Hazelwood House, where the work of running the house happened away from the for...
27/09/2026

This old door belonged to the kitchen of Hazelwood House, where the work of running the house happened away from the formal rooms above.⁠
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Handwritten shopping lists still cover the surface, a small record of the people, work, and daily life that once passed through here.

Where the name comes from.⁠⁠Hawk's Rock is a prominent outcrop in the Ox Mountains, overlooking County Sligo. This strik...
24/09/2026

Where the name comes from.⁠
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Hawk's Rock is a prominent outcrop in the Ox Mountains, overlooking County Sligo. This striking landmark inspired Yeats' 1917 play 'At the Hawk's Well', and in turn, the name of our distillery.⁠
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The name connects what we do to Sligo's landscape, history, and character.⁠
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Hawk's Rock Distillery. The next chapter in Irish wh***ey.

22/09/2026

Say when 🥃⁠
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Garavogue Irish Wh***ey. Release No.1⁠
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Available at the link in bio and in-store at Foley's Off-Licence and Hargadon Bros in Sligo

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Hazelwood, Hazelwood Demesne
Sligo
F91Y820

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