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Rose of Tralee, Elysha Brennan and Dáithí O’Sé in Cork where they announced details of the 2016 Rose of Tralee International Festival with more Roses and a longer Festival. They also started the search for next year’s Rose of Tralee. Photo By : Domnick Walsh / Eye Focus LTD
ROSE of Tralee Elysha Brennan and RTÉ’s Dáithí Ó Sé celebrated Women’s Christmas in Cork where they announced details of the 2016 Rose of Tralee International Festival today.
Taking place from August 17-23, the 2016 Rose of Tralee International Festival will run for seven days featuring 68 Roses, 68 Rose Escorts, more family entertainment and an extra night’s TV coverage.
Elysha will embark on a month-long tour of Ireland to share that positive news with Irish women aged between 18 and 27 who may have ambitions to become her successor in 2016.
Rose of Tralee, Elysha Brennan, who came through the Regional qualifiers as the 2015 Meath Rose said: “This is great news for anyone who considers entering the 2016 Rose selection in their regions. Whoever is picked as their 2016 county, city or country Rose will travel to Tralee in August. Such is the continued success of the Rose of Tralee on TV, RTÉ are introducing a third night of Rose of Tralee TV coverage from next year onwards. The Festival itself has also been extended from five to seven days and 68 Roses will travel to Tralee to enjoy the full festival.”
For the past 11 years most of the Roses had to travel to the midlands at the end of May to take part in a qualifying event to try and make it through to the televised stages of Ireland’s top family festival.
Only 32 Roses can be accommodated on live TV and, until now, it wasn’t feasible for the organisers to accommodate the full inclusion of the other 38 Roses at the Festival in Tralee.
An extra hour-long documentary, tracing the Roses’ journey to Tralee, will be screened on RTÉ on Sunday 21st August during which the viewers will find out what 32 Roses were selected to appear on the live televised selections in the Festival Dome on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd August.
Full details on how to become a Rose and an online application form are available from www.RoseofTralee.ie
Information on this year’s Festival family-friendly entertainment line-up will be announced in the coming weeks.
