LISTEN: Drumshanbo distillery is Shannonside region's top tourist attraction

The Shed Distillery and Visitor Experience in Drumshanbo was the most popular tourist attraction in the Shannonside region last year.

A total of 50,000 people visited the Co Leitrim facility in 2023, according to Failte Ireland.

Lough Key Forest and Activity Park in Boyle was second, with nearly 46,000 visitors.

Glendeer Pet Farm in Drum, Athlone, was third, with 29,000 – marginally ahead of Strokestown Park House and Famine Museum.

Our reporter Eoghan Murphy travelled to the Shed Distillery this morning and first spoke to the commercial manager, Roisin Rigney.

She first told him about the background to the centre.