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    Louise McGuane

    Founder & CEO, J.J. Corry Irish Whiskey

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    Portrait of Louise McGuane

    Portrait of Louise McGuane

    i. Biography

    Louise McGuane is an Irish whiskey entrepreneur and founder of J.J. Corry Irish Whiskey, which she launched in 2016 in Cooraclare, County Clare. Before founding the brand, she worked in the drinks industry with Diageo, Pernod Ricard, and Moët Hennessy across New York, London, Singapore, and Paris. She is widely described as Ireland’s first modern whiskey bonder and revived independent Irish whiskey bonding on her family farm in County Clare.

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