“A hungry feeling came o’er me stealing, and the mice were squealing in my prison cell.” Prisons feature heavily in old Irish ballads, as does whiskey. And yet only now are the two being blended in one space, where a whiskey distillery has opened in a once notorious Belfast prison. In what is the latest landmark on the island of Ireland for whiskey fans, tourists in the Northern Irish capital can now visit the McConnell’s distillery in Crumlin Road Gaol, known locally as “The Crum” on guided tours. Of course there are whiskey tastings. After all, visiting a prison with a history like this is t…