Offaly Roses to gather in Tullamore for selection night on Easter Sunday
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OFFALY Roses will gather at the Tullamore Court Hotel for a night full of entertainment, glamour and above all great fun on Saturday next, April 20, as it will be discovered who will represent Offaly in Tralee 2025.
“Can you handle the spirit and fun of 21 fellow roses to meet, open doors to opportunities, learn about and meet plenty of new life-long friends.
"The Offaly Rose selection of 2025 promises to be all the above and more. It will be a life changing experience for one lucky rose," commented Offaly Rose Co Ordinator, Lyn Moloney.
The warmest welcome on the night is for current Offaly Rose Allie Leahy. Allie’s strength of character, her determination to excel in all her commitments as Offaly Rose and her warmth and generosity of spirit have been fantastic.
All applicants will be interviewed by a judging panel prior to Rose Selection night.
The applicants have been meeting for the past number of weeks and attended lots of events. The Roses were treated some cocktails and nibbles kindly hosted by the Old Warehouse where the girls got to know each other.
The MC on the night will be Ollie Turner from Galway FM, who has a long affiliation with the Rose of Tralee. Ollie is very experienced in interviewing the Roses and is looking forward to meeting them all on the night. There will be prizes for ‘Best dressed Lady’, Best Dressed Man and ‘Best Banner’, as well as a raffle, and lots of nice prizes to be won.
The girl who is chosen as the 2025 Offaly Rose will walk away with the coveted Offaly sash to go on to represent Offaly in Tralee.
The road to Tralee is an incredible journey where we will visit some of Ireland’s most famous and symbolic, historic sporting and tourism landmarks in Meath, Limerick and Kerry.
The Roses will be pampered by in the wonderful Knightsbrook Hotel in Trim for two nights in advance of the press photo call in RTE followed by their departure to the Kingdom of Kerry for eight days.
Roses from all over the world will descend in Tralee and experience the full extent of what the Rose of Tralee Festival is all about.
This unique celebration, to be held over ten days in Tralee, will offer the 33 Roses a wonderful experience together with a festival of fun for their families and friends.
Steve Cronly, of the International Rose of Tralee Festival, commented: ”The festival is about celebrating every one of our Rose applicants. They are the link to all Irish communities at home and abroad and our dearest wish is that our Roses and their families and friends treasure the experience.”
Organisers out there attending the Offaly Rose to come along early as tickets are almost sold out and the night in question promises to be one to remember.
Tickets are €25 and will be available on the evening of Sunday 20th April 2025
Doors open at 7.00pm
Show starts at 7.30pm sharp