Post Tagged with: "Rose of Tralee 2015"

  It’s been three months since Elysha Brennan’s life changed as she knew it when she was chosen to represent the marvellous class of 2015 as the Rose of Tralee. Elysha outlines her experience to date… From that night on the 18th of August, it has been the most incredible and […]

THE new Rose of Tralee charmed the nation with her vivacity, courage, honesty and singing talents, when she appeared on one of her favourite TV shows on Friday night. And she ended up winning a car for a Tralee woman! Elysha Brennan appeared on the first  The Late Late Show of the […]

ELYSHA Brennan barely had a chance to catch forty winks in the early hours of this morning before her first busy day as Rose of Tralee began. First the Meath lady visited the studios at Radio Kerry and then it was down to the Town Park for the traditional photoshoot in the […]

THERE was a great crowd and atmosphere around the town park today as groups of families, friends and couples meandered relaxedly through the various stalls and entertainment pieces taking place. One such event that always proves quite popular and that again garnered quite the level of support and following was […]

A DELIGHTED but shocked Elysha Brennan faced the press just minutes after being named Rose of Tralee and had a special mention for a woman she met in the palliative care unit in Tralee today. The Meath Rose, a 22 year old student from Bettystown, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma during […]

THE Meath Rose has won the Rose of Tralee 2015. Elysha Brennan, a 22 years old Bettystown native looked shocked but delighted as her name was announced by Dáithí Ó Sé on stage tonight. The second year medical student in the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin was emotional as she […]

  WHILE the Kerry Rose has had great support locally, there’s another few contestants this year who’ve had had the backing of people from around the county. The Darwin Rose, Caitriona Brennan, has relations in Castlemaine; Chelsea Thursby Milovanovic, the South Australia Rose’s grandfather came from Boherbee; Boston and New England’s Sarah […]

  IT’S been an incredible week for all the Roses and our own Kerry Rose, Julett Culloty, is having a ball! We had a quick chat with the Kilcummin lady about her week when we called into Jigsaw Kerry, where some of the Roses were visiting on Tuesday afternoon. “I […]

THERE were a lot of stars around town over the past week for the Festival, but one that went largely unnoticed was a BAFTA-winning actor who was enjoying the atmosphere. Jack O’Connell, the star of ‘Skins’, ’71’ and the lead actor in ‘Unbroken’, which was in our cinemas over Christmas, was in […]

TraleeToday.ie’s Coverage Of The Kerryman Rose Of Tralee Fashion Show Is Brought To You By CH Chemists, The Mall, Tralee AS you may have already seen from our previous coverage, the Rose of Tralee Fashion Show was a huge success with some incredible style. Here’s our final batch of photos from […]

TraleeToday.ie’s Coverage Of The Kerryman Rose Of Tralee Fashio Show Is Brought To You By CH Chemists, The Mall, Tralee IT was a night of high fashion at The Kerryman Rose of Tralee Fashion Show in the Dome on Sunday with hundreds of ladies getting their style fix. We were […]

  TRALEE architect Shane Kenny (23) is the 2015 Newbridge Silverware Rose of Tralee Escort of the Year. Shane’s fellow Rose Escorts and this year’s 32 International Roses voted for the winner before Dáithí Ó Sé announced the result in the Festival Dome in front of live on RTÉ One. In […]

SATURDAY night’s Rose of Tralee parade really was something, with the beautiful Roses, colourful floats, music and great atmosphere. Yesterday we brought you a video and loads of photos (click here) but we’ve got many more images of people watching and the Roses to show you…  

IT was another memorable night at the Rose of Tralee Festival annual parade on Saturday as thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the glamorous Roses. Just before 9pm, the parade led by Dáithí Ó Sé and current Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh, made its way down Boherbee and […]

HUNDREDS of fans were out in force on Friday night to watch one of the best known singers in the country rock his third straight appearance at the Rose of Tralee Festival. Nathan Carter blew Denny Street away last night with his typical energetic performance for almost three hours as he […]

TraleeToday.ie’s Coverage Of The Rose Ball Is Brought To You By… CH Chemists, The Mall, Tralee THE Rose Ball proved to be another fantastic occasion on Friday night. We were there to take loads of photos of glamorous people and Orlagh Winters spoke to some of those attending about the […]

SOME lucky children seized a great opportunity to meet this year’s Roses in the Wetland’s when the selection were given a civic reception on Friday afternoon. The Roses, were only too happy to stop, chat and taking photos with kids at the Wetlands even though they were taking a break […]

THERE was great excitement on Friday when the Roses finally arrived at base camp aka the Fels Point Hotel. A jazz band entertained the crowds as many gathered to see the Roses walk on the red carpet while the Rosebuds and Escorts formed a guard of honour. The 32 ladies […]

IT was a poignant moment for the Henggelers and indeed the extended Rose of Tralee family when the new Rose Walkway was officially opened on Friday morning in the Town Park. The Rose contestants, local politicians, Kerry County Council officials and a good crowd present, watched as Dick and Eibhlín Henggeler and […]

THE Perth Rose will feel pretty much at home this Friday when she comes to Tralee this Friday because, well, it is home! Denise Lynch is a native of Ballyseedy and emigrated to Western Australia four years ago with her partner, Diarmaid Casey from Ballymac. The 27 year old and currently completing […]

LOOKS like it’s a fine day in Dublin too today as the Roses enjoyed an ice-cream with the man who’ll be asking the questions next week. Kerry man Dáithí Ó Sé met the 32 Roses for the annual photo-shoot at the RTE studios in Montrose and it looks like they […]

CLEARLY Mother Nature didn’t get the memo that at this time of year the sun is supposed to be shining. It’s really hard to believe that the Rose of Tralee festival begins in a few days. I know that there will be knockers who come out of the woodwork every […]

YOU know the Festival is only days away when you see photos of Roses in Croke Park. The Rose of Tralee 2015 contestants have gathered in the capital where they begun their five day tour of Ireland before arriving at the Fels Point Hotel next Friday afternoon. This morning they met up at […]

    EARLIER in the week we told you about the South Australia Rose and her connections to the Boherbee area of town (click here for story). Well James Hogan got in contact with TraleeToday.ie to tell us about Ballymac’s strong link to Sarah Hogan, who will be representing Boston New […]

WE know who the people of Boherbee will be supporting in the upcoming Rose of Tralee competition. Mitchels woman, Claire Connolly, got in touch with us to tell us about this year’s South Australia Rose, Chelsea Thursby-Milovanovic’s connections to Tralee. She takes up the story… “Chelsea’s granddad, Paddy Connolly, was born […]

As the festival is less than two weeks away, yesterday we brought you 16 contestants in the Rose of Tralee International Festival (click here for previous story). Now here’s the rest… MELBOURNE ROSE – JOY KERRIGAN My name is Joy Shannan Kerrigan; I am 24 years old and I was […]

IT’S August and that means the Rose of Tralee International Festival is nearly upon us. With that in mind we feel it’s time you met the Roses who’ll be hoping to success Maria Walsh. Here the first 16 and we’ll have the other 16 tomorrow… ABU DHABI ROSE – DEIRDRE […]

LAST week we told you about the festival lights being put up on the streets of Tralee, but now the festival countdown has really begun. The good people at the Fels Point Hotel put up some photos yesterday of the start of the erection of the Dome and just this morning […]

  THE ROSE of Tralee Maria Walsh is gearing up to push herself to the limits over the next few weeks, all in the name of charity, as she prepares for the inaugural ‘Trek2Tralee’ event. And local runners are being encouraged to come out and run with her on the home […]

OK, earlier we brought you footage of the 1974 Rose of Tralee Festival from the British Movietone archive, but here’s an even better archive film. This time it’s from the 1977 Festival won by Orla Burke from Waterford. The narrator talks about the Festival being worth £2m to the economy while […]