Meet the woman at centre of one of Rose of Tralee's greatest mysteries

Little was known about what happened to Swiss national Claire Dübendorfer after she was crowned the 1972 Rose of Tralee — until now 

Claire Dubendorfer, who now goes by Claire Schmid Furrer, was crowned the 1972 Rose of Tralee.

The woman at the centre of one of the longest unsolved mysteries of the Rose of Tralee competition has played down the “mystery” surrounding her whereabouts.

Little was known about what happened to Swiss national Claire Dübendorfer after she was crowned the 1972 Rose of Tralee.