WATCH: Chinese giant panda guardians are honoured at special ceremony at Leitrim County Council
Drumshanbo Shed Distillery Nature Reserve will twin with China’s Giant Panda National Park this week with a special Twinning ceremony taking place to mark the occasion.
Speaking to the Leitrim Observer, PJ Rigby, owner of the distillery, said that the connection came about after he and his wife Denise travelled to China.
He told us: "It came about for a number of reasons. Denise and I were in China last November and we met with the Sichuan Green Foundation and built a connection with them to raise funds for them and we are doing that through the sale of a special pack - Panda Conservation Edition of Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin. We are raising money for the preservation of the panda."
Two Chinese Panda Guardians, Ms Yang Qin of the Giant Panda National Park and Ms Zhang Li of the Sichuan Green have travelled from Sichuan to Drumshanbo to take part in the celebrations.