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Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins shares the sash of Kilkenny Rose Rachel Walsh at McSorley’s in Kilkenny on the Rose Tour ahead of the 2026 Rose of Tralee International Festival. Kateyln lives on the Laois/Kilkenny border and represented Laois when she won last year. Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD ©THE Rose Tour is in full swing and the 32 contestants have been very busy over the past couple of days.
Yesterday saw them visit Kilkenny, stop off for an ice-cream at Barack Obama Plaza, while they also visited Knightsbrook Golf Course in Meath.
After a night of fun at a gala dinner in the Castletroy Park Hotel in Limerick, the Roses have now arrived in Kerry, visiting Kate Kearney’s Cottage in Killarney and they will be in Listowel later tonight.
They are in Mike the Pies at 8.15pm; John B Keane’s at 9.15pm and Christy’s at 10.15pm so head down to meet them and enjoy the fun. The Roses will be officially welcomed to Tralee on Friday. Scroll down for photos…
Waterford Rose Cara Comerford and Leitrim Rose Catherine Cullen pictured at Valley of Roses in Kilkenny on the Rose Tour ahead of the 2026 Rose of Tralee International Festival.Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD ©
Sligo Rose Bethany McLoughlin and Melbourne Rose Mikaela Whitty enjoy an ice-cream cone at the Barack Obama Plaza in Moneygall on the Rose Tour ahead of the 2026 Rose of Tralee International Festival. Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD ©
Kildare Rose Jessica Hunter, Roscommon Rose Rebecca Collins and Tipperary Rose Fiona Kenedy enjoy an ice-cream cone at the Barack Obama Plaza in Moneygall on the Rose Tour ahead of the 2026 Rose of Tralee International Festival. Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD©
Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins, Pat McDonagh, San Francisco Rose Sarah Johnston and New Zealand Rose Rachel Keane enjoy an ice-cream cone at the Barack Obama Plaza in Moneygall on the Rose Tour ahead of the 2026 Rose of Tralee International Festival. Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD
Dublin Rose Suad Mooge and Wicklow Rose Carolann McDonald enjoy an ice-cream cone at the Barack Obama Plaza in Moneygall on the Rose Tour ahead of the 2026 Rose of Tralee International Festival. Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD ©
Kildare Rose Jessica Hunter pulls a cone under the watchful supervision of Roscommon Rose Rebecca Collins and Tipperary Rose Fiona Kenedy at the Barack Obama Plaza in Moneygall on the Rose Tour ahead of the 2026 Rose of Tralee International Festival. Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD ©
Sligo Rose Bethany McLoughlin, Donegal Rose Emma Nelis, Cavan Rose Grainne Burns and Newfoundland and Labrador Rose Kathleen Murphy at McSorley’s in Kilkenny on the Rose Tour ahead of the 2026 Rose of Tralee International Festival. Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD ©
Perth Rose Anna Clancy, Kildare Rose Jessica Hunter and Sligo Rose Bethany McLoughlin hit the greens at the golf club at Knightsbrook Hotel as the Rose Tour begins in Co. Meath.Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD ©
United Arab Emirates Rose Enya Crone, Galway Rose Jodie Kenny, Yorkshire Rose Kerry Manze, Kilkenny Rose Rachel Walsh and Cork Rose Lexi Linnane pictured having a ball at the golf club at Knightsbrook Hotel as the Rose Tour begins in Co. Meath.Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD
Handle with care. Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins is passed along the line as the Rose Tour begins in Co. Meath. Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD ©
Louth Rose Chloe Moran, Dublin Rose Saud Mooge and Carolina Rose Grace O’Halloran pictured having a ball at the golf club at Knightsbrook Hotel as the Rose Tour begins in Co. Meath.Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD ©
