Dwans take top dairy prize

Tipperary people have always prided themselves as being from the home of hurling, but they have now enhanced another of the county’s long established reputations for having some of the best land in Ireland for producing quality milk.

That’s because the prestigious annual prize for the country’s top dairy producer, the Sam Maguire of Farming — has been awarded to Thomas Dwan — and his parents Edmund and Ann from Bohernamona, near Thurles.

The National Dairy Council and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards perpetual cup and a prize of €5,000 were presented at ceremony in Thomas Prior Hall, Dublin.