Henry McKean meets a winning "Rose" from every decade since the festival's inception.
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"I would say it’s a celebration of intelligent women from around the world between the age of 18 and 28 with a connection to Kerry. I have covered the Rose of Tralee four times for Newstalk and each year I take something different from it."
Henry McKean
The televised event still makes the top 10 most-watched TV shows in Ireland, up to a million viewers over the two nights in August and dominates and trends on social media
Listen to Henry's full report here:
