Rooster Ireland’s top selling spud

The potato is Ireland’s most popular carbohydrate, with an average annual consumption of 85kg per person. But while Leinster loves the Rooster, Kerr’s Pink is the Munster favourite, says Ray Ryan.

WE have been arguing for ages about the quality and flavour of different varieties of spuds.

But research conducted by Keogh’s Farm, the family-owned Irish producer of fresh potatoes and hand cooked crisps in North Country Dublin, has shown that the humble Rooster is in fact the country’s most popular potato.