FBD Young Farmer of the Year
FBD Young Farmer of the Year 2024
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FBD Young Farmer of the Year 2023
Congratulations to Dwayne Shiels from Donegal for being crowned our 2023 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 15 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!
- Land Mobility & Overall Winner - Dwayne Shiels from Donegal
- Dry stock & Runner Up - Patrick Egan from Mayo
- Best New Entrant - Stephen O’Keeffe from Limerick
- Other Enterprises - Philip Tallon from Meath
- Dairy - Sean Kelly from North Tipperary
- Macra Agricultural Skillnet Biodiversity Category Award - Conor Doran from Wexford.
Well done to you all & we hope you continue to enjoy the celebrations
Previous FBD Young Farmer of the Year Winners
- 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