Excitement is building in Gorey for the annual visit by the Roses of Tralee to Ashdown Park Hotel, with their walk down the Main Street next Friday expected to draw huge crowds and generate a carnival atmosphere.
While the Wexford Rose for 2023 Bronagh Hogan has been, quite rightly, lauded as she attempts to bring the crown back to The Model County, there will, in fact, be two Roses from the county appearing in Tralee this August. Although she will be representing her adopted city of Sydney when she appears at the Dome, Aoife Butler is Askamore born and bred and Wexford to the core.