This gallery includes images of the Alcohol Factory which was built on Malin Street in the late 1930s. Photos are from early construction up to the 1980s, and include shots of its construction, the first boiler arriving in Carndonagh and various factory workers over the years.
Building the Factory - construction began around 1937.
The first boiler arriving for installation in the Alcohol Factory, 1937, shown here having some difficulty with the Chapel St. brae.
Workers & Guests at the opening of the Alcohol Factory 1937.
William Buckley, John Mannion & John Fearon at work in the factory, circa 1950.
Monarcaí Alcoil na h-Éireann lorry, late 1930s.
Inspecting the lines, an interior shot of the Factory.
Alcohol Factory Workers (Mc Candless Collection).
Alcohol Factory 1939.
Alcohol Factory 1939.
On the roof of the alcohol factory: JJ Reid, Paddy Mc Cole, Jack Galbraith, John Bradley