Meet the 2008 Rose of Tralee at the Irish Village

The excitement is building as the 22nd of May approaches.
No only are DIS thrilled to have heartthrob Dáithí Ó Sé as MC at this year’s Rose of Dubai ball, we are also delighted to announce that the 2008 Rose of Tralee Aoife Kelly has arrived in Dubai for the event. Although she’s attended many selection [...]

2008 Rose of Tralee arrives in Dubai

Aoife Kelly, the 2008 Rose of Tralee has arrived in Dubai.
Aoife is an occupational therapist at the National Rehabilitation Hospital of Ireland where she has experience working in the brain injury service, and now works in the spinal injury service. She has a passion for travel, spending working summers in America and has travelled in [...]

Ticket Sales Rose of Dubai Ball

Tickets for this year’s Rose of Dubai Ball on May 22nd will be on sale on Sunday 10th May and Sunday 17th May in The Westin lobby from 7-8:30 pm. Please contact Aileen McCarthy 050 6581745.
Tickets can also be bought from Mary Mulqueen, 050 2514624, in the Arabian Ranches.

Dáithí Ó Sé to MC for the Rose of Dubai Ball

Heartthrob Dáithí Ó Sé from Feothanach near Dingle, Co. Kerry will be this year’s MC at the Dubai Rose Ball.

Voted Ireland’s Sexiest Star three years in a row at the TV Now awards, runnerup in RTE’s You’re a Star Charity Special, in 2006, Dáithí Ó Sé is a weather and continuity presenter on TG4. He [...]

Congratulations to the Abu Dhabi Rose

Congratulations to the 2009 Abu Dhabi Rose Clodagh Fleming, from Ballina, County Mayo, and to the other beautiful and talented contestants Fiona Clancy, Sharon Keegan, Eithne Flanagan, Elaine Maguire and Emer Loftus.
Dubai Irish Society would like to welcome Clodagh to our Rose of Tralee Selection Ball on May 22.

Dubai Rose Table Quiz

Come along to Fibber Magees on Friday 24th between 6 and 9pm and meet this year’s entrants for the Dubai Rose. With a record 22 girls from Kerry to Oman this year, the competition is tough! It promises to be a night of great craic, with an ‘alternative’ quiz (and some ‘alternative’ prizes!!) being [...]

Dubai Rose of Tralee 2009 - Applications Deadline 22nd March

[ March 22, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] The Rose of Tralee International Festival celebrates modern young women in terms of their aspirations, ambitions, intellect, social responsibility and Irish heritage. Click here to read more about this event.

Are you the 15th Dubai Rose? Would you like to represent Dubai at the 50th Rose of Tralee International Festival? Click and download the application form [...]

Rose of Dubai 2008 Photos and Video

Check out fantastic photos taken by Magz Bray at the recent Dubai Irish Society Rose of Tralee Ball 2008 at The Westin. Emma Dwane, our Dubai Rose of Tralee 2008, read her own poem on the night.

What does the rose mean to you?
What does the rose mean to you?
Is it something red or a dream [...]

Emma crowned the Dubai Rose of Tralee

Congratulations to Emma Dwane, the Dubai Rose of Tralee 2008! 
Originally from Limerick, Emma came to Dubai in August 2007 after completing her BA in New Media and English at the University of Limerick.

She came to Dubai to teach but decided this was not for her and looked into a different field. She recently started a [...]

Rose of Tralee 2007

Tomorrow night at the Westin Hotel, the Dubai Rose of Tralee will be selected and will go forward to compete in the International Rose of Tralee Festival in August.
Last year’s winner in Tralee was Lisa Murtagh (27) from New York. Lisa, an attorney, was the fourth New York Rose to be selected Rose of Tralee.