Virginia Show opens entries for 2025 Baileys Cow

Entry to the Diageo Baileys Cow is open to members of both the Irish Holstein Friesian Association and Holstein NI

Mary Gaynor, president of Virginia Show; Mary Rafferty, president of IHFA; Martina Jameson, secretary of Virginia Show; Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon and Carol Power, senior sales manager of Tirlán with the cow Evergrange Missy P launching the Diageo Baileys Champion Dairy Cow competition at the Virginia Show. Picture: Kenneth O'Halloran

Diageo Ireland, in partnership with its cream supplier Tirlán, announced the return of the Diageo Baileys Champion Dairy Cow competition at the Virginia Show on August 20, 2025.

Celebrating the excellence of Ireland’s Holstein Friesian dairy herds, the event remains a showcase of the quality behind Baileys signature ingredient, Irish dairy cream.