Texas oil man worth €7bn said distillery was just for friends
Kelcy Warren’s ‘micro-distillery’ has been cast into doubt. Photo: Getty
A Texan oil billionaire’s plan to build a private whiskey distillery at his historic estate in Co Kilkenny has been hit with a formal objection over concerns noise levels would be “incompatible” with the area.
Kelcy Warren, chairman and largest shareholder of Energy Transfer, a US gas and oil pipeline firm valued at more than $58bn, is hoping to develop a distillery on the grounds of Castletown Cox Estate in Kilkenny. The Palladian mansion, one of Ireland’s finest, was bought by Warren for €12.6m in 2018.
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