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Tralee prepares to select its 2014 Rose

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Seamus O'Murchu

Since its inception in 1959, the festival has aimed to connect the vast global Irish community through the process of selecting a Rose of Tralee each year. Continue reading →

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Tralee honour late great astronaut Armstrong

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Seamus O'Murchu

In a rare public appearance in 1997, Neil Alden Armstrong, most famously known as the American astronaut who was the first person to walk on the Moon, spent four days in Kerry on a visit to open an exhibition on … Continue reading →

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Cork Teacher representing Luxembourg crowned Rose 2012

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Seamus O'Murchu

If you were one of the many thousands who travelled from all over the world to Ireland to the town of Tralee to enjoy The Rose of Tralee Festival, including the Rose of Tralee Selection, you may still be recovering … Continue reading →

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Fairview Guest House, Killarney….Pure Luxury

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Laoise Holmes

I recently travelled from Rosscarbery on a cold wet evening to Killarney in County Kerry. We (my hubby Jimmy and I) left Rosscarbery around 7pm. We took a few wrong turns but eventually got back on the main road, all … Continue reading →

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