At the Rose of Tralee ‘pub twinning’ were Roses, Olga Lee (Galway), Jenny Hanlon (Louth) and Aoife Murphy (Cork). Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
THERE were early sightings of Roses on Wednesday evening for the annual twinning of the Roses with pubs.
The 2014 Rose of Tralee, Maria Walsh, was on hand to do the honours in the Fels Point Hotel on Wednesday where pubs found out which Roses, their families and supporters they would be hosting at the Festival in August.
There were also some of this year’s Roses present before heading off to Killarney to enjoy an evening’s racing.
Not unlike a World Cup draw, each of the pubs are put into a bowl and drawn at random and then a Rose is selected for each establishment.
Some pubs however are exempt from the draw because they have a long running relationship with Rose delegations. For example the Sportsfield Bar have close ties with Toronto and Kirby’s Brogue in with New York.
The Tralee pub has always been an integral part of the Rose of Tralee festival and the twinning of pubs with Roses is an important link between the two.
The 2015 Rose of Tralee Festival is now just one month away. It will run from Friday 14 to Tuesday 18 of August.
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Here is a full list of pub’s and the Rose they are twinned with…(this list is not final and is subject to change)
Ballygarry House Hotel – Perth
The Abbey Inn – London & Dublin
Kirby’s Brogue Inn – New York
The Munster Bar – Texas & Germany
The Castle Bar – Dubai & Southern California
The Sportsfield Bar – Toronto
An Teach Beag – Philadelphia
The Ballymac Bar – South Australia
The Grand Hotel – Derry
An Cearnóg – Western Canada & Melbourne & Queensland
The Mall Tavern – Kentucky
Betty’s Bar – Longford & New Zealand
No 4 On The Square – Kerry
Hennessy’s Bar – Monaghan
Bailys Corner – Cork & Sydney
Meadowlands Hotel – Meath
Paddy Macs – Darwin & Chicago
The Greyhound Bar – Louth
Imperial Hotel – Galway & South Carolina
The Blasket – Abu Dhabi & Wicklow
Sean Ógs – Scotland and Boston & New England
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Rose of Tralee 2014, Maria Walsh, with representatives from Tralee pubs involved in the twinning of Roses. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
Rose of Tralee 2014, Maria Walsh, was in charge of pulling the pub names out of the bowls. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
At the Rose of Tralee ‘pub twinning’ were, from left: Thomas McCormick, David Crean, Brid Madigan, Scotland Rose, Marie Ryan Dubai Rose, Megan Swart, Wicklow Rose, Conor Wlash and Paul Hickey. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
