Kerry girl Christine Buckley crowned Queen of the Land

Kerry girl Christine Buckley was crowned Queen of the Land at a gala ceremony last Sunday night in Tullamore, Co Offaly.

Christine, of Killeentierna, wowed the adjudicating panel at the 51st annual festival, which this year included 2014 Queen Orla Murphy, WR Shaw representative Elaine Barrett, who owns and runs a beauty salon, and the former Limerick hurler and motivational speaker Joe Quaid.

Christine, a teacher, competed against 29 other contestants, including five from Cork, with Avondhu Queen Margaret Kelleher from the Rebel County taking second place and Mayo representative Agnieszka Urbaniak placing third at the contest in the Bridge House Hotel.