Daithí Ó Sé on his memories of the Rose: ‘I owe a lot to the people of Tralee’

 Daithi Ó Sé has been ten years at the helm of the Rose of the Tralee stage. As he returns to the stage, he shares his festival highlights

Dáithí Ó Sé: a West Kerryman, and the first host of the Rose of Tralee to hail from the contest's home county. Pic: Domnick Walsh

I always had fond memories of the Rose of Tralee as a young fella. 

I remember getting The Kerryman newspaper and my sister, Marianne, and I would go through the pictures of the roses trying to pick a winner.