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06 Sept 2025

Leitrim woman announced as finalist in the National Brown Bread Baking Competition

Cloone woman Anne Heslin will now go forward to represent Leitrim at the National Ploughing Championships

Meet the woman who makes the best brown bread in Kilkenny!

Anne Heslin from Cloone, Co. Leitrim who has been announced as one of the eight finalists for the National Brown Bread Baking Competition supported by Euronics in association with the National Ploughing Association and the Irish Country Women’s Association.

The semi-finals will take place at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co Laois on the 17th and 18th.

The final will take place on the afternoon of the 19th September.

The winning brown bread baker will walk away with a cash prize of €5,000 and a NEFF Slide & Hide oven, with the three finalists all walking away with a €500 Euronics gift card.

 

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