Parents of late Rose of Tralee contestant to fund festival HQ

The Rose of Tralee Festival will soon have its own headquarters, thanks to the parents of a deceased Rose contestant.

Dick and Eileen Henggeler — the parents of the late Dorothy Henggeler, the 2011 Washington, DC Rose — Dorothy (Dott) who died last year, have succeeded in their bid to buy Fels Point Hotel, in Tralee.

The purchase from Nama will be completed on June 4, following a protracted bidding process that lasted more than 12 weeks.