First ever Rose still blooming 50 years on

TRALEE has welcomed a new bunch of Roses this year, but has also invited back some blooms from the past, including the first ever winner, Alice O’Sullivan.

A resident of Roundwood in Co Wicklow for the past 40 years, native Dubliner Alice was only 19 when she entered the first Rose of Tralee 50 years ago.

It was a different time, she says.