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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]
Products edit
Ballygowan sell a range of bottled water products.[5]
On the Go range edit
The "On the Go" range includes:
- 500ml still water
- 500ml sparkling water
- 750ml still water
- 1L still water (sports bottle)
With a Hint of Fruit range edit
The "With a Hint of Fruit" range includes 3 flavours:
- Strawberry
- Summer Fruits
- Mango and Passion Fruit
The range comes in both 750ml and 1.5L bottles
At Home range edit
The "At Home" range is Ballygowan's larger bottles and multipack range and is sold in the following sizes:
- 1.5L
- 2L
- 6 x 500ml
- 6 x 1.5L
Glass Range edit
This range is Ballygowan water sold in glass bottles and comes as:
- 330ml still and sparkling
- 750ml still and sparkling
At Home and Workplace Range edit
This range offers much larger sized bottles for your water cooler, these are available as follows:
- 11L still
- 18.9L still
References edit
Sources edit
- O'Neill, S. (27 July 2001). "8.36 Ballygowan Natural Mineral Water". In LaMoreaux, Philip E.; Tanner, Judy T. (eds.). Springs and Bottled Waters of the World: Ancient History, Source, Occurrence, Quality and Use. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 284–7. ISBN 9783540618416. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- Hourihane, Ann Marie (2000). She Moves Through the Boom. Sitric Books. ISBN 9781903305034.
- Dobbs, Sarah (2000). "An Examination of the Effectiveness of Ballygowan in Building Brand Awareness" (PDF). National College of Ireland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
Citations edit
- ^ "Ballygowan - Total Water Solutions for all your workplace hydration needs. Over 20 years of experience & a broad product range to suit all company sizes".
- ^ "Ballygowan - Total Water Solutions for all your workplace hydration needs. Over 20 years of experience & a broad product range to suit all company sizes".
- ^ Walsh, Fiona (14 May 2007). "Britvic buys Ballygowan bottled water brand". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ "Nash continues to sparkle". The Irish Times. 17 November 2000. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Ballygowan - Our Products". www.ballygowan.ie. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
External links edit
- www.ballygowan.ie Official website
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