FBD Young Farmer of the Year 2024
Congratulations to Christopher Cahill from Cavan for being crowned our 2024 FBD Young Farmer of the Year Winner!
What a night & what an incredible group of people we had contesting for this year’s FBD Young Farmer of the Year Awards!
Huge congratulations to each of our 10 semi-finalists. You really are all fantastic ambassadors for Irish Farming in your fields.
A special well done to all of our category and award winners and to our runner up!
- David Melody originally from Clare but farming in Kilkenny was named Runner Up and won the Career Farm Management category.
- Sarah Kelly of Sligo was named Best Young Entrant.
- Martin O’Reilly of Laois was named the winner of the Dairy category and also won the Macra Agricultural Skillnet Biodiversity Young Farmer of the Year award.
- Jamie Hannon of Sligo was named the Drystock category winner.
- Séamus Leahy won the Other Enterprises category.
- Christipher Cahill also won the Land Mobility award.
Well done to you all & we hope you continue to enjoy the celebrations
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Previous FBD Young Farmer of the Year Winners
- 2024: Christopher Cahill
- 2023: Dwayne Shiels
- 2022: Christopher Tuffy
- 2021: Owen Ashton
- 2020: Dara Kileen
- 2019: Liam Hanrahan
- 2018: Daniel Hawthorne
- 2017: PJ O Keefe
- 2016: Kevin Moran
- 2015: Jonathan Marry
- 2014: Sean O Donnell
- 2013: John Buckley
- 2012: Dermott O Connor
- 2011: Kevin Heavin
- 2010: Paul Kehoe
- 2009: William Keane
- 2008: Timothy Quinn
- 2007: Bryan Daniels
- 2006: Eddie O Donnell
- 2005: John McNamara
- 2004: Martin Brosnan
- 2003: Michael Gowing
- 2002: Michael Reidy
- 2001: Andrew Killeen
- 2000: Con O Connell
- 1999: Michael Dee