“We chose the name Legacy for our cider because I’m following in the footsteps of my grandfather and my father by making a living from apples”
Liam McDonell, creator of Legacy Irish Cider
a bit of background
Liam McDonnell started Legacy Irish Cider in 2018 in the Brickey Valley, which is just outside Dungarvan in West Waterford, Ireland. His grandfather grew and sold apples there, his father Pat also grew apple trees and Liam took it one step further and started to make cider.
Legacy Cider remains very much a family business with Liam directly involved in all aspects of the Company – including driving our van and making deliveries in person to stockists and customers all over the Country, while Pat, with over 40 years of experience in apple growing, serves as Chief Advisor. As the Company grew we moved our HQ to Dungarvan Business Park, where our large cider vats and all that fun stuff is located.
The Legacy Cider range expanded over the years to include three permanent flavours – Dry, Medium and Barrel-Aged – as well as limited edition / seasonal products such as the Christmas Mulled Cider and more recently our exclusive apple sparkling wine, ‘La Petite Clem’. Legacy Cider has also acquired other Irish Cider brands over the years such as Longways Cider and XXXXXXX.? (any others?)
awards
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cider making – an irish tradition
For various historical reasons it is thought that cider making in Ireland stretches back at least 2000 years, if not much further, but the first definite mention appears in the 12th century, when a tribal leader from Ulster is praised for the cider he made from the produce of his orchards.
The religious orders and monasteries would have been instrumental in the production of cider just as they were with the brewing of beer. Contrary to popular belief, cidermaking was not confined to the traditional apple growing regions of Ireland we are familiar with today such as Armagh (the orchard county), Dublin, Tipperary, Waterford and Kilkenny, as records exist of cidermaking from at least ten other counties all across Ireland.
As with many things in Ireland the famine years almost wiped out cidermaking and it was not until later in the 19th century and the early 1900s that a revival occurred (…)
Learn more at ciderireland.com
Our Location
Legacy Irish Cider
Carrigroe
Dungarvan
Co. Waterford
X35 TY47