How blaa made its mark in Europe

IT HAS tickled the taste buds of Waterford residents for over 300 years, and now the EU has given it a new legal protection against imitators.
How blaa made its mark in Europe
Mon, 02 Dec, 2013 - 00:00
Ray Ryan

A ruling by Brussels means the floury bread roll, soft or crusty, can be called by its famous name blaa only if made in the city and county of Waterford and part of adjoining south Kilkenny.

The Waterford blaa reportedly dates back to the arrival in Ireland of French Huguenots escaping religious persecution during the 1690s.

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Place: EuropePlace: WaterfordPlace: south KilkennyPlace: IrelandPlace: Mount SionPlace: Waterford cityPlace: Mount Sion AvePlace: Barrack St, WaterfordPlace: John’s StPlace: Kilmacow, Co KilkennyPlace: scotchPerson: FrenchPerson: Edmund Ignatius RicePerson: AgriculturePerson: Food and Marine MinisterPerson: Simon CoveneyPerson: CoveneyPerson: MichaelPerson: Dermot WalshPerson: Brian HickeyPerson: PaulPerson: Nicky GracePerson: Esther BarronPerson: Joe PrendergastPerson: Ciaran CullenOrganisation: EUOrganisation: Christian BrothersOrganisation: Waterford Blaa Bakers AssociationOrganisation: European CommissionOrganisation: Hickey’sOrganisation: KilmacowOrganisation: Barron’sOrganisation: Waterford BlaaOrganisation: M and D BakeryOrganisation: Hickey’s BakeryOrganisation: Kilmacow BakeryOrganisation: HarneyOrganisation: Barron’s Bakery, Cappoquin, Co WaterfordOrganisation: PGIOrganisation: WaterfordOrganisation: Waterford Blaa BakersOrganisation: Waterford City Enterprise BoardOrganisation: Bord BiaOrganisation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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