Rare bottle of Kildare whiskey fails to sell at online auction

A rare 142-year-old bottle of whiskey distilled in Monasterevin remained unsold following an online auction earlier this month.

The vintage bottle of Cassidy's Whiskey was found wrapped in a newspaper dated 1899 in a doctor’s Gladstone bag in a wardrobe.

The lot had a pre-auction guide price of between €12,000 and €14,000 at the whiskeybidders.com sale. 

The information note with the lot stated: "This is part of Irish Whiskey history, a super rare bottle from 1880. Cassidy's were a distillery based in Monasterevin Co Kildare which have been closed now for over 100 years.

The Cassidy family made whiskey from 1784 until 1921 at their mill and exported the produce.