Whiskey - Irish of course

There one thing that immediately comes to any alcoholic's mind if you would mention the word "Ireland":
Whiskey, a drink that is deeply connected to the irish history.

Interesting is who initially developed the whiskey: Who if not the church?! First of all: Saint Patrick, who is formerly praised for proselytizing the land of the celts in 5th century; but in my opinion he is a national hero for bringing the instrumentation and knowledge to produce medicine and perfume, which is the basis of every destilleration and thus also the destilleration of whiskey. The celts were the first to create the "uisce beatha" (spoken ischke ba) which means "water of life" - a definite hint at how high the irish value their special bewerage. The first mentioning of the anglicised version that we know nowadays, "whiskey", was in 1736.
But not only did churchman virtually invent this vicious spirit but they also provided its spreading in the country in their abbeys, which often had their own tavern.