Design
Kildare’s newest distillery effortlessly blends history with modernity
Church of Oak started as an imposing 200-year-old former malthouse, converted by architect David O’Shea of ODOS into a contemporary manufacturing facility that reflects both the old and the very modern Ireland
Set along the banks of the Royal Canal in Ballykelly in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, sits a most enticing edifice, its stone, steel and concrete exterior nestled in among lushly planted sloping pathways and surrounded by fields of barley and long grass swaying in the breeze.
What gives this delicate behemoth of a distillery away are the shiny metal grain silos that stand sentry at either end of the buildings that collectively make up Church of ...
