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  • noun Ireland potato crisps. Although still a trademarked name, it has become a generic name for all manufacturers’ crisps.

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Examples

  • The best known brand is called 'Tayto', and theres another brand called 'King'.

    doggdot.us 2008

  • A pool table, boxes of Tayto crisps and regular low-key music sessions that might mix children still mastering the fiddle, banjo or "box" accordion with two or even three older generations.

    Ireland: the 10 best pubs on the coast 2011

  • It is a history of ceaseless, demented innovation: the first time a blue twist of salt was included; the arrival of ready-salted (the sliced bread moment); the cheese-and-onion Tayto; the invention of prawn-cocktail powder; crinkle cut, thick cut, square cut, jacket on, "gourmet," kettle fried ...

    Britishness Acquires an Extra Crunch Sam Leith 2010

  • The first was in the late 1950s, when years of kitchen experimentation by the late Joe "Spud" Murphy, proprietor of the cunningly named Tayto crisp company in Ireland, culminated in the invention of what is generally (though not, crisp history being a much-disputed field, universally) agreed to be the world's first crisp seasoning: Cheese & Onion.

    Crisps: a very British habit 2010

  • The top 10 schools were treated to a VIP tour at Tayto Castle, Tandragee, where they also met Mr Tayto and sampled lots of tasty Tayto crisps and snacks.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Students were tasked with devising a concept based on a new flavour, new shape or new packaging variant for Tayto.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Joe 'Spud' Murphy, founder of Tayto, not only invented cheese and onion crisps, his new method for seasoning led the way for all the flavours we enjoy today.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • 'InnoTAYTOrs' proposal - a unique challenge created by local crisp and snack manufacturer Tayto and Young Enterprise Northern Ireland.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Tayto: Hey to burst the conspiracy theory lads but the draw was made in Tullow after the Boyne game …

    Irish Blogs Knock On 2010

  • The Tayto are not the same since they were taken over and are now made in another factory.

    Irish Blogs Beaut.ie - The Irish Beauty Blog 2010

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