Pictures from the Rose Tour ahead of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is Offaly Rose Allie Leahy, Laois Rose Sinead Dowd and Longford Rose Grace Kemple at Center Parcs Co. Longford as part of the Rose Tour today (Monday). Photo: Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD.

Roses enjoy visit to Center Parcs

Pictures during the Rose Tour ahead of the Rose of Tralee International Festival later this month. is Sydney Rose Aoife Butler, Longford Rose Grace Kemple, Wexford Rose Brónagh Hogan, Offaly Rose Allie Leahy and Laois Rose Sinead Dowd at Center Parcs holiday resort on Monday. Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD. All images covered by copywright.
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The 2023 Rose Tour arrived in Center Parcs near Ballymahon today (Monday).

The 32 contestants also visited St Mel's Cathedral, Knights and Conquests Heritage Centre in Granard before a gala dinner at Barberstown Castle, a four star country house & historic 13th century castle in Co Kildare later this evening.

Longford Rose Grace Kemple, who went to school in Ballymahon, cycling around Center Parcs today (Monday).

Next stop for the Roses is county Offaly on Tuesday, where they are expected in Tullamore around lunchtime on Tuesday, August 15 for a reception at O'Connor Square.

They will then visit two local businesses, Linda O'Brien jewellery, which sells handcrafted jewellery and watches in Ballykilmurray, and the Tullamore DEW Distillery Visitor Experience.

The first day of the Offaly tour will finish with the Mid-Summer Rose Ball in the County Arms Hotel in Birr at which the Roses will enjoy a cocktail reception at 7pm, a four-course dinner at 8pm, and dance the night away with music by The Buckleys.

On Wednesday, August 16, the Roses will visit Birr Castle, take a boat trip on the River Shannon and tour the monastic site of Clonmacnoise before having lunch at the Old Fort in Shannonbridge.

The 2023 Rose Tour is sponsored by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and will conclude on arrival to Tralee this Friday, August 18 for the 2023 Rose of Tralee International Festival.

Earlier this month, Cathaoirleach of Offaly County Council, Cllr Eddie Fitzpatrick predicted that it's going to be a great occasion for Tullamore and Offaly to have all the Roses in the county.

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