To be a Rose was to have made it in life

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To be a Rose was to have made it in life
Sat, 20 Aug, 2016 - 01:00
Louise O'Neill
Louise O’Neill

AFTER Christmas and the Eurovision, some of my fondest childhood memories involve the Rose of Tralee.

The excitement! The glamour! The nausea from consuming too much Fanta and Tayto crisps! We were really living.

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