WITH the Rose of Tralee International Festival just two weeks away, the town can expect a massive influx of friends and families of the Roses into town for the week.
Of course, as is tradition, each Rose is assigned pub as part of the Rose twinning process and this year many local hostelries are hosting up to four or five Roses, as there are 65 ladies coming this year in the extended festival.
So where will they be based? Have a look below…
• Abbey Inn: Cork, London, Leitrim, Luxembourg
• An Cearnog: Dublin, Fermanagh, Perth, Scotland
• An Shebeen: Waterford, Western Canada
• An Teach Beag: Meath, Westmeath, New Zealand, Southern California
• Baily’s Corner: Wexford, Toronto
• Betty’s Bar: Louth, New Orleans
• Blasket Inn: Kildare, Cavan, Abu Dhabi, Derby
• Castle Bar: Sligo, San Francisco
• Charlies Bar at Kerins O’Rahillys: Down, Washington DC
• Greyhound Bar: Offaly, Laois, South Australia, South Carolina
• Kirby’s Brogue Inn: Limerick, Kilkenny ,Philadelphia, Arizona, Clare
• Linnanes: Tipperary, Ottawa
• Munster Bar: Wicklow, Monaghan, Texas, Yorkshire
• No 4 on The Square: Kerry, Tyrone, Newfoundland & Labrador, Ohio
• Paddy Macs: Carlow, Longford, Chicago, Florida
• Sean Ogs: Galway, Roscommon, Boston & New England, Dubai
• Sportsfield Bar: Mayo, Sydney
• Grand Hotel: Armagh, Donegal, Queensland, Newcastle/Gateshead
• Imperial Hotel: Derry, North Carolina
• Meadowlands Hotel: New York, Melbourne
• The Rose Hotel: Germany, Kentucky