Is The Rose of Tralee 'uncancellable'?
The Rose of Tralee is one of the biggest events in Ireland’s cultural calendar.
It pumps millions of euro into the local economy and pulls in well over half a million viewers; no mean feat in an age of dwindling linear TV viewership.
Almost 30 years of being lampooned as a ‘Lovely Girls’ competition thanks to that Father Ted episode has seen its popularity undimmed.
Albeit only relatively recently, it has evolved to permit married and transgender women enter the contest.
However 29 is still the cut-off age, meaning you are officially too old for Rose of Tralee at the age of 30.
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