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Bord Bia Finds Ireland’s Champion Potato Grower

Date: 14/08/2016

The 2016 Tullamore Show saw Bord Bia hold its All Ireland Quality Potato Championships, with Thomas Carr of Killbeggan, Co. Westmeath named as this year’s champion. The contest aims to raise awareness of what constitutes a good quality potato. It is estimated that a total of 9,800 hectares of potatoes are grown by an estimated 540 growers in Ireland.

The winners announced on the day were:

  1. Thomas Carr, Killbeggan, Co. Westmeath
  2. Barry O’Loughlin, Ennis, Co. Clare
  3. Martin Lawlor, Durrow, Co. Laois
  4. Michael McGoldrick, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim
  5. Margaret Prendergast, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
  6. Harold Lawlor, Durrow, Co. Laois
Lorcan Bourke from Bord Bia makes the presentation of the winning prize to Thomas Carr from Kilbeggan, Westmeath with (left) Catherine Gallagher, Irish Shows Association and (right) Tullamore Show Horticulture organiser John Donohue at the Bord Bia All Ireland Quality Potato Championship at the 2016 Tullamore Show and AIB National Livestock Show in Blueball, Tullamore. Picture: Jeff Harvey