Has anybody been looking in at this? Just tuning in now.
A few tears shed by Melbourne Rose Christine McGrattan at the end of her poem.
The Leitrim Rose is now up.
I am boycotting the charade this year. A first cousins daughter was representing canada and bumped at the selection back in June.
Excellent performance by Edwina 
Completely at ease and very bubbly.
I am disappointed to learn that she doesn’t drink.
Decent party piece if not a bit twee. Some of that legwork could have been used against London this year.
[quote=“farmerinthecity, post: 819918, member: 24”]Excellent performance by Edwina
Completely at ease and very bubbly.
I am disappointed to learn that she doesn’t drink.
Decent party piece if not a bit twee. Some of that legwork could have been used against London this year.[/quote]
I thought she was a credit to her county and parish.
[quote=“farmerinthecity, post: 819918, member: 24”]Excellent performance by Edwina
Completely at ease and very bubbly.
I am disappointed to learn that she doesn’t drink.
Decent party piece if not a bit twee. Some of that legwork could have been used against London this year.[/quote]
@pgal10: Doesnt drink?? Loves sean nós dancing?? That escort will be waiting for the ride… #roseoftralee
She is going out with Michael (not her escort) for 7 years.
lump on the longford rose…she went from 20´s into 12´s straight after her breathtaking performance on the piano…
This Philly rose would give a headache to an asprin.
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[SIZE=6]Rose of Tralee sees marriage proposal live on stage[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]IT IS a Rose of Tralee first, a marriage proposal on stage - and she said ‘yes’.[/SIZE]
New Orleans Rose Molly Molloy Gamble agreed to marry boyfriend Kyle Catlett live on stage at The Dome in Tralee.
In front of a packed Dome and before an estimated half a million viewers at home - not to mention the hundreds of thousands who tuned in on the internet - brave Kyle got down on one knee and asked the 23-year-old University of Alabama graduate to marry him.
The business graduate quietly entered from the side of the stage as Molly was teaching host Daithi O Se[/URL] and the audience about [URL=‘http://searchtopics.independent.ie/topic/Mardi_Gras’]Mardi Gras.
And the expression on Molly Molloy’s face proved she had no idea it was coming.
“No, no, no,” said Molly Molloy in a moment of utter shock, before eventually clarifying she had actually said ‘yes’ to the crucial question.
The proposal is unprecedented in the Rose of Tralee’s 54-year history, although the festival has spawned many a romance.
It was during the Rose of Tralee in 2008 that Daithi O Se first set eyes onNew Jersey Rose Rita Talty, who became his wife in 2012.
All day the Kerryman has been sworn to secrecy so as not to ruin the surprise for southern belle Molly, who only recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
The couple have known each other for over a year and met while in college.
They spent their first date in a hospital accident and emergency unit. Kyle had broken his leg on a mechanical bull and asked Molly to drive him to the hospital.
But he was lucky to get a second date. He was in so much pain he barely spoke to Molly as they waited.
The engagement ring he chose for the proposal was bought in the same jewellers that his dad had bought his mother’s ring.
[quote=“Sidney, post: 819931, member: 183”][SIZE=4]OMG - I can’t believe I missed this [/SIZE]
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Apparently she paused and gave it an insincere yes.
This one is awful - with her plastic surgery.
It was certainly a gamble on her aspiring fiance’s part.
I would bang the Philly rose.
I reckon she’d be well up for after a bit on Sunday boozing watching the football.
For the record - thought Leitrim rose Edwina was a lovely girl (note: not lovely lady). Came across very well.
This Darwin Rose is reading a bedtime story for her party piece.
Ah come on.
The Escort of the Year competition looked to be of a lower standard than recent years, and that’s disappointing. Clare’s Eoin Conroy really set the benchmark when he won this competition in 2003.
Edwina’s escort won it. He’s from Dundalk. I thought he was from Carrick. There you go.
[quote=“farmerinthecity, post: 819960, member: 24”]This Darwin Rose is reading a bedtime story for her party piece.
Ah come on.[/quote]
I’m fairness, its a success to be from Darwin and be able to read
I’d imagine there would be an inherent danger in setting a Rose up with an escort from a nearby parish.
Edwina 5/4 fav
A mate’s ex fiancée is one of the judges on this