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Cllr Michael O’Shea, Cllr Terry O’Brien, Mayor Alex Morse, Chief Executive Moira Murrell and Cllr Jim Finucane at the meeting with the delegation from Holyoke, MA.
THE Mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts visited town this week to open discussions on a possible twinning arrangement between his home town and Tralee.
Mayor Alex Morse met with the Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Terry O’Brien and other representatives from Kerry County Council including Cathaoirleach Cllr Michael O’Shea and Chief Executive, Moira Murrell.
It is one of a series of partnerships which Kerry County Council is exploring with US cities and counties where large groups of Kerry immigrants settled.
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Hollyoke, with a population of 40,000 people is close to Springfield, Massachusetts. Click here to see how the visit is being reported Stateside
Mayor Morse and his delegation also visited Blennerville Windmill, Kerry County Museum, IT Tralee, the Kerry Technology Park and the Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre.
He also met with Colm McEvoy, CEO of the Kerry Education and Training Board and Kieran Ruttledge, CEO of Tralee Chamber Alliance and visited the Rose Garden in Tralee Town Park where the names of some 20 Holyoke Rose Finalists are inscribed in the Rose Wall including Kathy Welsh, the 1970 Rose of Tralee.
