Rose invited back to ancestral Bere Island home

The Irish relatives of the newly crowned Rose of Tralee popped champagne corks yesterday to celebrate her victory and invited her to visit her ancestral island home again.

Bere Islander Mick O’Sullivan, 83, who has lived on the scenic island off the West Cork coast for most of his life, met Texas Rose Haley O’Sullivan on her first visit to the island in January.

She visited the family homestead, spent some time chatting to Mick — her grandfather Joseph’s brother — and discussed her family’s history.