Kilmore Potatoes Ltd is a third generation family business that takes great pride in growing a wide variety of the finest potatoes. The potatoes are sold in supermarkets, restaurants and chip shops throughout Ireland. Established eight years ago in the south-east corner of Ireland, Kilmore Potatoes Ltd is run by brothers John and Chris Fortune […]
Stephen Hatton is renowned for the high quality of his potatoes. However, Hatton Potatoes aren’t the only top-class products grown on the Wexford man’s substantial farm. It’s very much a mixed farm, with cereals also to the fore as well as, more recently, Christmas trees. We visited Enniscorthy to take a closer look at this […]
There are many out there that feel growing potatoes is a relatively easy procedure, but to grow a particular breed of Ireland’s national food takes something special. The potato is an important part of our history dating back beyond the time of the famine and to this day, it is still an important part of […]
The Griffin’s have been growing potatoes in Carrigaline, Co. Cork since the 1940s. The third generation family business takes great pride in growing and packing a wide variety of potatoes which are sold in shops and supermarkets throughout Munster. In the county where it is said that Sir Walter Raleigh planted the first potatoes in […]
The potato has played a massive part in the history of Ireland and it is the one food group that symbolises what has made the country what it is today. The potato famine changed Ireland forever as not only did it result in thousands of people dying, but it also saw hundreds of thousands emigrate […]
In January, 2014, Eddie Doyle was elected chairman of the IFA’s national potato committee. We spoke to the Kilkenny man about how he intends to nurture a better working environment for growers and to heighten the profile of the humble spud, which certainly hasn’t received its fair share of good press in recent times. It’s […]
