In preparation for St. Patrick's Day, a top 5 Irish Whiskey brand list...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/top-5-irish-whiskey-brands-worldwide/ss-AAUzwnq?ocid=msedgntp
Tullamore Dew? Really? I used to work in Tullamore (although it is now distilled in Dublin). Irish rotgut.
Looks like this list is just based on sales volume, although #1 Jamison is quality and quantity. (and Jamison has a lot of options)
Some of the Honorable mentions are nice however, Writer's Tears, Powers.
Lets see if I can find a list of Best Irish Whiskeys...
Tullamore Dew is drinkable, passably. Barely. Jameson is drinkable too, but any Irishman will tell you it's whiskey made for Americans.
My sister's ex-boyfriend Colin Geary, God rest his soul, managed the best Irish pub in Seattle - the Owl & Thistle, in Post Alley - which his family owned. He introduced me to the Paddy, and I've been a fan ever since.
My favorite Irish is the Green Spot, which was introduced to me by the congenial and eminently cool proprietor of a terrific Irish Pub in Las Vegas called McMullan's. I recommend the place, and the Green Spot.
I think any attempt to get terribly "boutique" with Irish whiskey is a put-on. It's triple-distilled and unpeated. By the time you've distilled anything three times you have pretty much reduced its complexity to fundamentals. So you are mostly tasting the barrel it's aged in. And unlike Scotch, aging Irish for more than about 7 years saps it of whatever complexity was left.
(For that matter, I agree with distilling demigod Jim McEwen that aging Scotch beyond about 20 years removes most of its magic.)
