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Eoin Bara of Mór Irish Gin

The US gets a taste for Irish ‘mother’s ruin’ Tullamore man swaps tech world for gin

Techie turned ginmaker Eoin Bara’s grandfather was a master distiller at Tullamore Dew, and clearly some sort of affinity got handed down.

“My grandad, when he was dying, we talked about his experience and what he used to do, the importance of grain, working with his hands, things machines wouldn’t do, the sensibility of people,” Bara tells ...