Jameson biography
Fredric Jameson, biography by Douglas Kellner.
Jameson biography
Jameson Irish Whiskey
Single distillery Irish whiskey (1780–)
Jameson () is a blendedIrish whiskey produced by the Irish Distillers subsidiary of Pernod Ricard. Originally one of the six main Dublin whiskeys at the Jameson Distillery Bow St., Jameson is now distilled at the New Midleton Distillery in County Cork.
It is by far the best-selling Irish whiskey in the world; in 2019, annual sales passed 8 million cases.[1] It has been sold internationally since the early 19th century, and is available to buy in over 130 countries.[2]
Company history
John Jameson and his family
John Jameson (1740–1823) was originally a lawyer from Alloa in Scotland before he founded his eponymous distillery in Dublin in 1780.[3] Previous to founding the distillery, he married Margaret Haig (1753–1815) in 1768.
She was the eldest daughter of John Haig, a whisky distiller in Scotland. John and Margaret had a family of 16 children, eight sons and eight daughters.