The Queen of the Land Festival is an annual festival in County Offaly, Ireland, hosted by Offaly Macra na Feirme in which young women compete for the title "Queen of the Land" based on their "appearance, personality, energy, confidence, dress sense, rural knowledge and elocution".
Previous winners
1960s winners • 1964 – Phyllis Finnegan (née Ward) – County Meath • 1965 – Marie Grey (née Curtis) – County Meath • 1966 – Joan Caulfield – County Roscommon • 1967 – Breda Keneavy – County Westmeath • 1968 – Ann Kelly (née Minahan) – County Clare • 1969 – Elleen Cloney – County Wexford 1970s winners • 1970 – Jennifer McKenna (née Redpath) – County Meath • 1971 – Moira Miller (née Hardgrove) – County Laois • 1972 – Shelia Motherway (née Hallahan) – County Waterford • 1973 – Elizabeth Sharkey (née Kelly) – County Wicklow • 1974 – Joan O’Keeffe (née Bergin) – County Kilkenny • 1975 – Mary O’Connor – County Cork • 1976 – Philomena Byrne (née Collins) – County Meath • 1977 – Mary Monaghan (née Harte) – County Kildare • 1978 – Rosaleen Gallagher (née Gilsenan) – County Meath • 1979 – Catherine Gorman (née Coffey) – County Kilkenny 1980s winners • 1980 – Aine Kent – County Wicklow • 1981 – Ornagh Darcy (née O’Mahoney) – County Wexford • 1982 – Ann Dempsey (née Ryan) – County Wicklow • 1983 – Ann Kavanagh (née Alrey) – County Waterford • 1984 – Kathleen Murphy (née Sinnott) – County Laois • 1985 – Helena Connolly (née McElvaney) – County Monaghan • 1986 – Margaret McPaddan (née Quinn) – County Donegal • 1987 – Eillsh Rahill (née Kirk) – County Louth • 1988 – Clare Dillon – County Galway • 1989 – Ann Marie McHugh – County Kildare 1990s winners • 1990 – Chris Clifford – County Limerick • 1991 – Alice Lynch – County Sligo • 1992 – Marie Vines – County Cork • 1993 – Michelle Sheerin – County Sligo • 1994 – Michelle Cody – County Offaly • 1995 – Josephine Rodgers – County Roscommon • 1996 – Audrey Salley – County Kildare • 1997 – Caroline Glancy – County Roscommon • 1998 – Lorraine Morrissey – County Tipperary • 1999 – Mairead McEvoy – County Kilkenny 2000s winners • 2000 – Anita Meagher – County Waterford • 2001 – N/A – N/A • 2002 – Eimear O’Brien – County Wicklow • 2003 – Caroline Tuite – County Meath • 2004 – Catherine McCollum – County Cavan • 2005 – Elaine Murphy – County Kilkenny • 2006 – Breda Goulding – County Laois • 2007 – Yvonne Daly – County Cork • 2008 – Kate Harrison – County Dublin • 2009 – Sinead Mulcahy – County Offaly 2010s winners • 2010 – Sherine Prendergast – County Tipperary, South • 2011 – Bernie Woods – County Kilkenny • 2012 – Teresa Brennan – County Laois • 2013 – Geraldine Barrett – Carbury Region, County Cork • 2015 -–Christine Buckley – County Kerry • 2014 – Orla Murphy – County Galway • 2017 – Emma Birchall – County Kildare • 2018 – Louise Crowley – County Limerick • 2019 – Sinead Conroy – County Roscommon 2020s winners • 2020 – N/A – N/A • 2021 – N/A – N/A • 2022 – Rachel McNamara – County Limerick • 2023 – Sarah Baker – County Limerick • 2024 – N/A – N/A • 2025 – N/A – N/A ==References==