M.D. Daly & Sons were a well-established wine merchants on Academy Street in Cork, founded back in 1797. This Academy expression of 3 star Jameson's appears to have been specially produced for them to bottle. Prior to the formation of Irish Distillers, the practice of merchant bottlings was common throughout Ireland and indeed, many of the most recognisable Irish whiskies today started out as such. Jameson in particular did not officially bottle their own whiskey until 1968. The then Dublin-based distillers offered their products only by the barrel, which is how this M.D. Daly & Sons bottling came about.