Ballygowan water
Brand of mineral water
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Ballygowan water's current logo | |
| Founded | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Geoff Read and Richard Nash |
| Headquarters | Dublin[1], Ireland |
Area served | Ireland United Kingdom |
| Products | Bottled water Water coolers |
| Owner | Britvic[2] |
| Website | ballygowan |
Ballygowan is an Irish brand of mineral water. It is bottled at Newcastle West in County Limerick, near its source at the site of a reputed holy well used by the Knights Templar. Ballygowan is the leading water brand in the Irish market.
The company was founded by Geoff Read in 1981, who launched a marketing and distribution joint venture in 1984 with Richard Nash, a soft drink manufacturer. Anheuser-Busch took a stake in 1987, which was bought back in 1989. In 1993, Ballygowan was bought by Cantrell and Cochrane (now C&C), which sold its non-alcoholic brands to Britvic in 2007.[3] The 1993 deal involved Nash selling the source but retaining part of the source area, which it later used for its own rival spring water brand.[4]
