Part of a profile of the Irish Potato Industry – ahead of the World Potato Congress in Dublin, Ireland prepared by Jaap Delleman of Potato World Magazine (Aardappelwereld).
Situated in the rural landscape of North County Dublin, the heartland of Irish horticultural production, Sam Dennigan and Company UC was founded in 1976 by Samuel Laurence Dennigan who originally began trading in seed and ware potatoes. The company is owned and managed by two brothers Joe and Sam Dennigan, and has grown to become a global fresh produce business employing over 660 people.
The company supplies the full range of fresh produce to national and international customers in the wholesale, retail and food service sectors. It operates its own transport fleet on the island of Ireland. In relation to potatoes, the company is supplied by about 50 producers mainly from the surrounding hinterland, many of whom began supplying the company in its foundation year, 1976.
The company has its own full time professional agronomist who works very closely with these producers in monitoring the crop during the growing season, the objective being to collaborate in producing a crop of the highest quality.
