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A life-size sculpture of poet and composer William Pembroke Mulchinock and his sweetheart Mary O'Connor, the original Rose of Tralee.
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One of Ireland's most popular songs was written by William Pembroke Mulchinock who fell in love with one Mary O'Connor, a maid in service to his parents.
This statue, inspired by the song of the same name, stands in the centre of the panels described in the previous shot... I loved the real rose, I wonder whose job that is each day?
HBW!
Bus Éireann (Broadstone) Mercedes-Benz 0404 / Hispano MH 30 (99-D-58120) in Broadstone Garage, Dublin in August 2000, decorated for the Rose Of Tralee Festival 2000.
A life-size sculpture in Tralee Town Park commemorates Mary O'Connor, the original Rose of Tralee, being handed a rose by William Pembroke Mulchinock, who wrote the famous ballad about her in the 1840s. (He was rich, she a nursery maid, and they were in love -- but she died before he could marry her.) The statue was erected in 2009, exactly 160 years after Mary's death in 1849.
O' Shea's of Kerry VDL Bova Futura (07-KY-2880) in Colbert Station, Limerick 29th January 2010, on hire to Bus Éireann.
This man is a real gent and was very willing to pose for me. Thanks Cian (Mweelrea Irl) www.flickr.com/photos/mweelrea/ for identifying this as a Stroh Violin.
The "Rose of Tralee Festival is one of the highlights of the year in Kerry, sadly a tragic road accident has dampened spirits today. Four young people are dead, may they rest in peace.
Took this photo in the rose garden in Tralee town.
The 2009 Rose of Tralee is the London Rose Charmaine Kenny.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=75lF49U_QFk
Thanks everybody for visits. Will catch up with you as soon as possible.
Tralee Town Park, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Statue of Mary O'Connor and William Pembroke Mulchinock sculpted by renowned Irish sculptor Jeanne Rynhart.
Story of the ROSE of TRALEE (from www.roseoftralee.ie):
Mary O'Connor lived in the middle of Tralee town, in Brogue Lane, in a thatched cabin with her family. Her father was a broguemaker, and her mother worked as a dairymaid. Mary was very beautiful; she had long dark hair and soft, shining eyes.
Her status as the daughter of a broguemaker and dairymaid meant Mary was destined for work as a maid or house-help. When she was 17 she secured employment as a kitchen maid for the Mulchinock household in Tralee, a wealthy family of merchants who owned a wool and linen draper's shop in Tralee.
Michael Mulchinock died of a fever in 1828, so Margaret Mulchinock was head of the household when Mary O'Connor started working in the kitchens of West Villa. Also living in the house were Margaret's sons William Pembroke, Edward, Henry and her married daughter Maria.
Mary O'Connor was delighted to be given employment at West Villa, and soon Margaret's daughter, Maria, seeing that Mary was intelligent and kind to her children asked her to be maid to her daughters Anne and Margaret.
Margaret Mulchinock's sons had grown to be young men and William was becoming a dreamer. In the eyes of his family he was good-for-nothing, and even worse: a poet.
It wasn't long before William met his sister's new nursemaid. As soon as he saw Mary he was transfixed by her eyes, her grace, her long dark hair and delicate skin.
Mary and William began to meet each other every day by the well in the grounds of West Villa, that looked out over the sea and mountains. Sometimes they walked down Lover's Lane or up to Clahane to dance.
One night beneath the pale, silvery moon William asked Mary to marry him. However, William's family disapproved of him seeing Mary, the broguemaker's daughter who lived in a small peasant house in the middle of town. Whilst Mary loved William, she knew that their union could never be, as it would force him to turn his back on his family and he would begin to regret the day he'd ever met her. She declined his offer of marriage.
William refused to give up. He wrote a song for Mary to try and convince her otherwise.
The pale moon was rising above the green mountains,
The sun was declining beneath the blue sea,
When I strayed with my love by the pure crystal fountain,
That stands in the beautiful Vale of Tralee.
She was lovely and fair as the rose of the summer,
Yet 'twas not her beauty alone that won me.
Oh no, 'twas the truth in her eyes ever dawning
That made me love Mary, the Rose of Tralee.
But Mary still refused to marry him.
The next evening, after attending a political rally in town, William went to visit Mary at West Villa and gave her a ring which he placed on her finger. Suddenly the door burst open and a friend of William's rushed in to inform him that William had been accused of the murder of a man at the rally. Two men had got into a fight and as leader of one of the rebel groups challenging the upcoming election, William had been held responsible. William's friend informed him there was a warrant out for his arrest and a reward of 100 gold sovereigns for finding him. He was told to make for Barrow Harbour and get on a wine ship that was leaving that night. William kissed Mary goodbye and told her he would return soon.
William made his way to India where he worked as a war correspondent. Here he met an officer from Limerick who asked William what had bought him to India. When William told him the officer said he would use his influence to get William returned to Ireland, and to Tralee, a free man.
So in 1849, some six years after leaving Tralee, William returned. He stopped off at The Kings Arms in Rock Street for a drink before planning to visit Mary in nearby Brogue Lane. The landlord began to draw the curtains to mark the passing of a funeral coming down the street. On enquiring who the funeral was for, William was told it was for a local girl from Brogue Lane, a lovely and fair young woman named Mary O'Connor - the Rose of Tralee.
William was devastated and his heart broken. There was nothing left for him but to visit Mary's grave on the outskirts of town. The famine was at its height in Ireland at this time and most of the country's eight million inhabitants were trying to survive on a diet of potatoes alone.
William never got over Mary's death, and despite marrying and having children with an old flame he refused to forget her.
William moved with his family to New York in 1849 but returned alone six years later to Tralee and lived the rest of his life in Ashe Street. He died in 1864 at the age of 44 and at his request was buried at the graveyard in Clogherbrien next to his true love Mary, the Rose of Tralee.
A major new addition to the fashion show was the Rose of Tralee Fashion Designer Awards, a competition aimed at fashion & Millinery designers based/working from Kerry. The Awards where presented by Aghadoe Heights Hotel, Killarney & Hannons Fashion Shop, Castleisland, Co. Kerry.
Designers: Anne Linnane, Catherine Kelly, Colin Horgan, Clodagh Irwin Ownes, Danny Leane, Gra Mo Chroi, Geraldine Breen, Karyn Moriarty, Nia O’Mara, Nora Keane Moriarty, Orla O’Connor and Tina Griffin.
Milliners: Carol Kennelly, Kathleen McAuliffe and Aoife Hannon.
Models: The Holman-Lee Agency, Unit 1, Nampara House, Ballysheedy, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
T: +353 (0)61 412726
E: reception@holmanlee.ie
Shoes: Serendipity, Main Street, Adare, Co Limerick, Ireland.
W: www.serendipityshoesadare.ie
Hair: Cathrionas Hair Salon, Strand Street, Castlegregory, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
W: www.cathrionashairsalon.com
Organisers: Rose of Tralee Festival, Ashe Memorial Hall, Denny Street, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
T: +353 (0)66 7121322
E: info@roseoftralee.ie
Blog: Rose of Tralee Fashion Show.
E: info@roseoftraleefashionshow.com
W: www.roseoftraleefashionshow.com
F: www.facebook.com/roseoftraleefashionshow
T: www.twitter.com/RoseOfTraleeFS
© Colin Mulcahy Photography
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E: info@colinmulcahyphotography.com
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A: Kerry's Boutique, 75 High Street, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
T: (0)64 6622111
E: info@kerrysboutique.com
Models: The Holman-Lee Agency, Unit 1, Nampara House, Ballysheedy, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
T: +353 (0)61 412726
E: reception@holmanlee.ie
Shoes: Serendipity, Main Street, Adare, Co Limerick, Ireland.
W: www.serendipityshoesadare.ie
Hair: Cathrionas Hair Salon, Strand Street, Castlegregory, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
W: www.cathrionashairsalon.com
Organisers: Rose of Tralee Festival, Ashe Memorial Hall, Denny Street, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
T: +353 (0)66 7121322
E: info@roseoftralee.ie
Blog: Rose of Tralee Fashion Show.
E: info@roseoftraleefashionshow.com
W: www.roseoftraleefashionshow.com
F: www.facebook.com/roseoftraleefashionshow
T: www.twitter.com/RoseOfTraleeFS
© Colin Mulcahy Photography
T: +353 (0)86 7919494
E: info@colinmulcahyphotography.com
W: www.colinmulcahyphotography.com
F: www.facebook.com/colinmulcahyphotography
Tags: #KerrysBoutique #RoseofTraleeFashionShow #RoseOfTralee #FashionShow #KerryFestival #IrishFestivals #Ireland #RTE #DaithiOSe #TheGathering #InternationalFestival #TheHolmanLeeAgency #ModelAgency #Models #Canon #1DX #Canon1DX #People
La Boheme Boutique - Rose of Tralee Fashion Fashion Show 2013
A: La Boheme Boutique, Green Street, Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
T: +353 (0)66 9152444
Models: The Holman-Lee Agency, Unit 1, Nampara House, Ballysheedy, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
T: +353 (0)61 412726
E: reception@holmanlee.ie
Shoes: Serendipity, Main Street, Adare, Co Limerick, Ireland.
W: www.serendipityshoesadare.ie
Hair: Cathrionas Hair Salon, Strand Street, Castlegregory, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
W: www.cathrionashairsalon.com
Organisers: Rose of Tralee Festival, Ashe Memorial Hall, Denny Street, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
T: +353 (0)66 7121322
E: info@roseoftralee.ie
Blog: Rose of Tralee Fashion Show.
E: info@roseoftraleefashionshow.com
W: www.roseoftraleefashionshow.com
F: www.facebook.com/roseoftraleefashionshow
T: www.twitter.com/RoseOfTraleeFS
© Colin Mulcahy Photography
T: +353 (0)86 7919494
E: info@colinmulcahyphotography.com
W: www.colinmulcahyphotography.com
F: www.facebook.com/colinmulcahyphotography
Tags: #LaBohemeBoutique #RoseofTraleeFashionShow #RoseOfTralee #FashionShow #KerryFestival #IrishFestivals #Ireland #RTE #DaithiOSe #TheGathering #InternationalFestival #TheHolmanLeeAgency #ModelAgency #Models #Canon #1DX #Canon1DX #People
Messing with a torch and the "bulb" feature on my dSLR camera. Of the fun!
The Anchor Caravan Park, Castlegregory, Co.Kerry, Ireland
A: Catherine McCormack, Main Street, Adare, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
T: +353 (0)61 395509
Models: The Holman-Lee Agency, Unit 1, Nampara House, Ballysheedy, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
T: +353 (0)61 412726
E: reception@holmanlee.ie
Shoes: Serendipity, Main Street, Adare, Co Limerick, Ireland.
W: www.serendipityshoesadare.ie
Hair: Cathrionas Hair Salon, Strand Street, Castlegregory, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
W: www.cathrionashairsalon.com
Organisers: Rose of Tralee Festival, Ashe Memorial Hall, Denny Street, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
T: +353 (0)66 7121322
E: info@roseoftralee.ie
Blog: Rose of Tralee Fashion Show.
E: info@roseoftraleefashionshow.com
W: www.roseoftraleefashionshow.com
F: www.facebook.com/roseoftraleefashionshow
T: www.twitter.com/RoseOfTraleeFS
© Colin Mulcahy Photography
T: +353 (0)86 7919494
E: info@colinmulcahyphotography.com
W: www.colinmulcahyphotography.com
F: www.facebook.com/colinmulcahyphotography
Tags: #CatherineMcCormack #RoseofTraleeFashionShow #RoseOfTralee #FashionShow #KerryFestival #IrishFestivals #Ireland #RTE #DaithiOSe #TheGathering #InternationalFestival #TheHolmanLeeAgency #ModelAgency #Models #Canon #1DX #Canon1DX #People