Rose information evenings for Cavan and Monaghan

The Monaghan Rose selection launch and information evening takes place this Friday night, January 16, in The Four Seasons Hotel; with the Cavan equivalent due in the coming weeks. The 2025 Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins will be at the Monaghan launch, alongside Anne-Marie McArdle, the 2024 Monaghan Rose to share their experiences.

Sonia Flanagan, co-ordinator of the Monaghan Rose Centre, is a former Monaghan Rose herself (2014). She loved it so much she went on to become the local organiser the following year. The Monaghan and Cavan Roses take part in the competition every two years when they are guaranteed a place on stage for the live interviews in Tralee.

The Monaghan Rose Selection event itself will take place on Saturday, April 18, in the Four Seasons Hotel.

“It’s an experience that you’ll never forget, you form friendships all over the world. It’s much more than the TV nights,” Sonia said, encouraging young women to come to the information evening to find out more and put their names forward.

Meanwhile, Laura Galligan, the 2014 Cavan Rose, who co-ordinates the Cavan Rose Centre with her sister Sinead, said their information event will take place in the coming weeks. The Cavan Rose Selection evening will take place on Sunday, April 19, in the Hotel Kilmore, Cavan.