How many Rose of Tralee TV presenters can you name?
It’s that time of year again, when all the lovely girls make their way down to Tralee in a bid to be crowned the lovelist.
And this year the festival celebrates its 56th birthday - 56 years of cheesy moments, beautiful gúnas, family fun and, in fairness, everything great about being Irish.
Roses and Daithi O Se get happy at the launch of the 56th #RoseofTralee Festival at RTE Studios 🌹😊 pic.twitter.com/608y7Icu2o
— Rose of Tralee (@RoseofTralee_) August 11, 2015
So, have you been watching closely over the years? Up late with your Rose scrapbook making the most of your last few days of the summer holidays?
Well, did you know that there have been 12 presenters? 12!
The Rose Team took to the streets of Tralee to ask the public if they could name the lot.
Let’s see how they did:
Ok, there was … Daithí … Gay Byrne … ??
: We've managed to track down 11!
As follows:
1959-1967: Kevin Hilton
1968-1970: Terry Wogan
1971: Brendan O'Reilly
1972: Michael Twomey
1973: Brendan O'Reilly
1974-1976: Gay Byrne
1977: Kathleen Watkins
1978-1994: Gay Byrne
1995-1996: Derek Davies
1997-2002: Marty Whelan
2003-2004: Ryan Tubridy
2005-2009: Ray D'Arcy
2010- present: Dáithí Ó Sé

