Official website of one of Ireland's biggest festivals, The Rose of Tralee
How to become a Rose
So you want to be a Rose? The first thing you should do is contact the Rose centre that is geographically closest to where you live. For contact details of all Rose Centres CLICK HERE.

Because centre finals take place throughout the year we recommend you make contact right away. There are several criteria that each Rose representing a centre in the final must meet, and your centre will be able to give you more details of these.

We wish you every success and perhaps it will be our pleasure to welcome you to Festival 2009 as a Rose!

Roses are chosen by centres throughout the world including Australia, Dubai, the USA, Luxembourg, New Zealand, the UK and of course Ireland. Entrants are initially nominated by local businesses or organisations and take part in local heats to find one person who will represent the centre in the final.

Judges consider many different attributes of the Rose including, in the words of William Mulchinock's song The Rose of Tralee, an indefinable quality that captures "the truth in her eyes". The Rose of Tralee International Festival celebrates modern young women in terms of their aspirations, ambitions, intellect, social responsibility and Irish heritage.

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Rose of Tralee Office, Ashe Memorial Hall,
Denny St.,
Tralee,
Co. Kerry,
Republic of Ireland
View the 2008 Rose selection on RTE
Visit the Rose of Tralee Ottawa Centre Website
Meet the 1959 & 2008 Roses on Tubridy Tonight on RTE